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Ecuador Nationals 2024

Cuenca · 10 October 2024 · 17 events · 50 competitors · 84 personal bests

Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña won four of the 17 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Raúl Gómez by 0.17 seconds. 50 competitors produced 84 personal bests, 41 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Caleb Salcedo Rivera set the 6×6 single national record: 2:08.92.

Four wins
Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded
0.17s
closest final — 2×2, Raúl Gómez over Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña
84
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña7.918.93
2×2Raúl Gómez1.872.36
4×4Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña30.6535.00
5×5Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña1:07.301:11.96
6×6Caleb Salcedo Rivera2:08.922:14.97
7×7Josué Ordóñez3:11.623:27.26
3×3 blindfoldedAnthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña54.401:10.99
3×3 Fewest MovesHugo Enrique Rosales López30 moves36.67
3×3 one-handedCaleb Salcedo Rivera15.9917.33
ClockPablo Sebastián Flores Peralta6.159.23
MegaminxCaleb Salcedo Rivera48.3851.42
PyraminxAdrián Leandro Pazmiño Aldás3.264.43
SkewbCarlos Mario Ortiz Alay5.716.26
Square-1Pablo Sebastián Flores Peralta12.9616.26
4×4 blindfoldedLuis Fernando Aldás Cuestas7:14.81
5×5 blindfoldedLuis Fernando Aldás Cuestas19:15.00
3×3 Multi-BlindLuis Fernando Aldás Cuestas11 of 11 cubes · 46:55

The PB harvest

84 set · 41 still standing

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

50 competitors · 354 results · 17 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña won it with a 8.93 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

  1. 1D F B2 D R' U' F L B' D' R' F' U2 F2 U2 B' R2 B D2
  2. 2L U2 F D' R' L D U2 B2 L2 D2 R B2 L B2 L F L2 B' U
  3. 3D2 F2 L' B2 F2 L' B2 D F2 L B2 F2 L' D R2 U2 F' R2
  4. 4U' L F2 B2 D' B R' B D2 B2 U2 R2 B R2 F' U' L' B D'
  5. 5L B D' F' U' L U2 R' F' U2 D2 B D2 F2 U2 F U2 D2 F' L2

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

50 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.