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Luzon Championship 2023

Dasmariñas · 25 March 2023 · 12 events · 101 competitors · 160 personal bests

Inigo Miguel B. Palisoc won three of the twelve events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Ivan Keith Cariaga by 0.02 seconds. 101 competitors produced 160 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Ayooluwa Samuel Dada set the 7×7 single continental record: 2:47.71.

Three wins
Inigo Miguel B. Palisoc — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6
0.02s
closest final — Skewb, Ivan Keith Cariaga over Jansen Alvarez
160
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Sean Patrick Villanueva5.056.25
2×2Gabriel Gaza2.162.30
4×4Inigo Miguel B. Palisoc26.0129.54
5×5Inigo Miguel B. Palisoc48.7152.23
6×6Inigo Miguel B. Palisoc1:34.481:38.54
7×7Dale Palmares2:16.762:22.29
3×3 blindfoldedJohn Edison Ubaldo (ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ︀ᜈ᜔ ᜁᜇᜒᜐᜓ︀ᜈ᜔ ᜂᜊᜎ᜔ᜇᜓ︀)1:21.90—
3×3 one-handedSean Patrick Villanueva8.9310.29
MegaminxNicole Jnus Macalalad38.3146.04
PyraminxJansen Alvarez2.493.95
SkewbIvan Keith Cariaga3.144.43
Square-1Keith Liam H. Rasco10.7512.65

The PB harvest

160 set · 23 still standing
  • John McArthur Magnaye — 2×2 single 1.43: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
  • Richard Espinosa — 4×4 single 34.63: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
  • Zildjian S. Regojos — 3×3 single 9.63: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
  • Damien Barquilla — 4×4 single 35.57: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
  • Zildjian S. Regojos — 2×2 single 2.48: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
  • Khen Syjuco — 3×3 single 11.04: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
  • Aeron Suarez — 2×2 single 2.71: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
  • Aikine Jayn Haloot — 3×3 one-handed single 17.04: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 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

10 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

101 competitors · 563 results · 12 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. Sean Patrick Villanueva won it with a 6.25 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

101 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.