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Competitions · Ecuador

Guayaco Open 2023

Guayaquil · 22 April 2023 · 8 events · 35 competitors · 31 personal bests

Dereck Estrada won four of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Dereck Estrada by 0.17 seconds. 35 competitors produced 31 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Dereck Estrada set the 4×4 single national record: 31.14.

Four wins
Dereck Estrada — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, Megaminx
0.17s
closest final — 2×2, Dereck Estrada over Raúl Gómez
31
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Dereck Estrada8.489.80
2×2Dereck Estrada2.202.77
4×4Dereck Estrada31.1434.16
3×3 blindfoldedLuis Fernando Aldás Cuestas1:27.141:53.62
3×3 one-handedCaleb Salcedo Rivera15.7116.56
MegaminxDereck Estrada47.6152.79
PyraminxMateo Baruc Mero Benavides4.285.51
SkewbMoisés Ignacio Villena Mejía5.106.53

The PB harvest

31 set · 11 still standing

First-timers

13 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

35 competitors · 140 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. Dereck Estrada won it with a 9.80 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

35 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.