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Competitions · Venezuela

Hi-Tech Rodeo Plaza 2016

Mérida · 9 October 2016 · 7 events · 33 competitors · 44 personal bests

Daniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte won five of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Daniel Andres Ruiz Araque by 0.23 seconds. 33 competitors produced 44 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Daniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte set the Megaminx single national record: 1:09.77.

Five wins
Daniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx
0.23s
closest final — 2×2, Daniel Andres Ruiz Araque over Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras
44
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Daniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte9.2411.04
2×2Daniel Andres Ruiz Araque2.823.94
4×4Daniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte37.8745.38
3×3 blindfoldedJurgens Filiaggi3:34.79
3×3 one-handedDaniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte17.6119.31
MegaminxDaniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte1:09.771:17.80
PyraminxDaniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte4.216.26

The PB harvest

44 set · 16 still standing

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

33 competitors · 172 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. Daniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte won it with a 11.04 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

33 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.