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Happy Winter MDQ 2017

Miramar, Buenos Aires · 2 September 2017 · 7 events · 38 competitors · 30 personal bests

Francisco Cabral de Jesus won two of the seven events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Diego Vargas by 0.15 seconds. 38 competitors produced 30 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Juan Manuel Mariscal took a 3×3 one-handed single of 44.05 down to 21.81, 50 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Francisco Cabral de Jesus — 3×3, 4×4
0.15s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Diego Vargas over Damián Jail Campos
30
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Francisco Cabral de Jesus9.5210.29
2×2Marcos Masini2.643.41
4×4Francisco Cabral de Jesus35.6041.62
3×3 one-handedDiego Vargas13.9417.03
ClockElias Fuentes8.248.91
PyraminxFederico da Fonseca3.355.02
SkewbFederico da Fonseca3.783.94

The PB harvest

30 set · 14 still standing
  • Rafael Martínez Retta — Pyraminx single 5.58: into the top 16.9% of the event's history.
  • Elias Fuentes — 2×2 single 3.67: into the top 22.3% of the event's history.
  • Rafael Martínez Retta — 4×4 single 1:03.71: into the top 40.3% of the event's history.
  • Elias Fuentes — 4×4 single 1:04.16: into the top 40.8% of the event's history.
  • Lucas Laviano — 4×4 single 1:05.47: into the top 42.3% of the event's history.
  • Lucas Martin Disipio — 4×4 single 1:14.81: into the top 51.4% of the event's history.
  • Juan Manuel Mariscal — 2×2 single 6.48: into the top 55.8% of the event's history.
  • Elias Fuentes — 3×3 one-handed single 36.07: into the top 59.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

38 competitors · 198 results · 7 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. Francisco Cabral de Jesus won it with a 10.29 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

38 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.