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Competitions · El Salvador

Happy Cubing Acton 2021

Antiguo Cuscatlán · 27 June 2021 · 5 events · 32 competitors · 32 personal bests

José Eduardo Palacios Castro won two of the five events (2×2, Square-1) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by José Eduardo Palacios Castro by 0.14 seconds. 32 competitors produced 32 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

José Eduardo Palacios Castro set the 3×3 single national record: 8.14.

Two wins
José Eduardo Palacios Castro — 2×2, Square-1
0.14s
closest final — 2×2, José Eduardo Palacios Castro over Kacper Paweł Dworak
32
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Oscar Nieto6.6410.38
2×2José Eduardo Palacios Castro3.834.03
PyraminxKacper Paweł Dworak5.236.98
SkewbDavid Gálvez2.654.86
Square-1José Eduardo Palacios Castro11.9615.57

The PB harvest

32 set · 15 still standing

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

32 competitors · 151 results · 5 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. Oscar Nieto won it with a 10.38 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

32 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.