Competitions · Bolivia

Ekeko Rubik 2018

La Paz · 13 January 2018 · 12 events · 46 competitors · 67 personal bests

Rodrigo Ugarte won four of the twelve events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Carlos Andres Hidalgo by 0.03 seconds. 46 competitors produced 67 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Daniel Tarifa set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 1:16.20.

Four wins

Rodrigo Ugarte — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.03s

closest final — 3×3, Carlos Andres Hidalgo over Moisés Marco Quispe Arellano

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Carlos Andres Hidalgo	8.11	11.57
2×2	Diego Iglesias Godoy	2.90	4.33
4×4	Rodrigo Ugarte	33.89	40.84
5×5	Rodrigo Ugarte	1:13.75	1:20.08
6×6	Rodrigo Ugarte	2:30.07	2:40.35
7×7	Rodrigo Ugarte	3:28.59	3:31.12
3×3 blindfolded	Daniel Tarifa	1:16.20	—
3×3 one-handed	Diego Iglesias Godoy	18.01	18.61
Megaminx	Fabricio Andrés Yañez Terrazas	58.14	1:02.60
Pyraminx	Josué Pardo Chambi	2.81	3.79
Skewb	Moisés Marco Quispe Arellano	3.76	4.58
Square-1	Fabricio Andrés Yañez Terrazas	21.77	24.73

The PB harvest

67 set · 19 still standing

Carlos Andres Hidalgo — 3×3 single 8.11: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Josué Pardo Chambi — Pyraminx single 2.81: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Moisés Marco Quispe Arellano — Skewb single 2.63: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Daniel Torrejón Garay — 3×3 single 11.54: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
Wilson C. Rios — Megaminx single 1:07.01: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
Ariel Sacha Luján Cruz — 3×3 single 13.41: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
Cristian Paúl Alanes Borda — 3×3 single 13.55: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.
Josué Pardo Chambi — 3×3 single 13.85: into the top 20.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

46 competitors · 330 results · 12 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. Carlos Andres Hidalgo won it with a 11.57 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

46 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.