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Instituto Nacional Open 2015

Santiago · 29 August 2015 · 9 events · 103 competitors · 123 personal bests

Joaquin Ignacio Mayta Galindo won two of the nine events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Israel Parada by 0.07 seconds. 103 competitors produced 123 personal bests, 49 of which still stand today, and 46 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Raúl Low Beattie set the Square-1 average continental record: 14.87.

Two wins
Joaquin Ignacio Mayta Galindo — 3×3, 4×4
0.07s
closest final — Skewb, Israel Parada over Tadeo Villanueva
123
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Joaquin Ignacio Mayta Galindo9.4110.95
2×2Javier Eduardo Parra Alarcón2.913.66
4×4Joaquin Ignacio Mayta Galindo35.8838.44
5×5Erick Lemus Fuentes1:19.931:22.67
3×3 blindfoldedFrancisco Javier Lemes Sáez1:17.74—
3×3 one-handedLeopoldo Andrés Ibarra Fuentes13.9020.09
PyraminxPaulo Salgado Alvarez4.756.11
SkewbIsrael Parada5.206.80
Square-1Raúl Low Beattie14.4616.94

The PB harvest

123 set · 49 still standing
  • Joaquin Ignacio Mayta Galindo — 4×4 single 33.41: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Paulo Padilla — 3×3 single 10.93: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
  • Israel Parada — 3×3 one-handed single 16.69: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Woodroffe — Square-1 single 15.35: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
  • Israel Parada — 4×4 single 44.20: into the top 17.3% of the event's history.
  • Bastián León — 3×3 one-handed single 19.13: into the top 18.2% of the event's history.
  • Javier Lepe — 3×3 single 13.40: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
  • Matías Eduardo Pizarro Orellana — 3×3 one-handed single 19.62: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

46 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

103 competitors · 550 results · 9 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. Joaquin Ignacio Mayta Galindo won it with a 10.95 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

103 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.