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Competitions · Colombia

El Carmen de Viboral II 2023

El Carmen de Viboral, Antioquia · 5 November 2023 · 8 events · 27 competitors · 17 personal bests

Manuel Popayán won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Manuel Popayán by 0.24 seconds. 27 competitors produced 17 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Juan Esteban Ochoa took a Skewb single of 2.72 down to 1.52, 44 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Manuel Popayán — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.24s
closest final — 3×3, Manuel Popayán over Erick Steven Muñoz Torres
17
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Manuel Popayán7.389.25
4×4Manuel Popayán33.8935.52
5×5Manuel Popayán1:09.861:15.06
3×3 blindfoldedJefferson Durango37.57
3×3 one-handedJuan Esteban Ochoa13.1914.50
MegaminxAle Restrepo54.3657.24
PyraminxAle Restrepo3.865.61
SkewbAle Restrepo1.793.24

The PB harvest

17 set · 8 still standing

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

27 competitors · 158 results · 8 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. Manuel Popayán won it with a 9.25 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

27 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.