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Mariano Melgar 2015

Arequipa · 11 April 2015 · 8 events · 30 competitors · 23 personal bests

Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba won four of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba by 0.65 seconds. 30 competitors produced 23 personal bests, 1 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba set the 5×5 single national record: 1:06.12.

Four wins
Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, Megaminx
0.65s
closest final — 2×2, Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba over Eduardo Gutiérrez Cuba
23
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba8.9010.75
2×2Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba2.843.43
4×4Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba32.7836.60
5×5Pedro Alejandro Condo Tellez1:07.201:13.38
3×3 blindfoldedJael Riggenbach58.54
3×3 one-handedPedro Alejandro Condo Tellez12.8015.69
MegaminxErnesto Gutiérrez Cuba1:12.041:14.37
PyraminxPedro Alejandro Condo Tellez5.085.63

The PB harvest

23 set · 1 still standing

First-timers

Seven 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

30 competitors · 108 results · 8 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. Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba won it with a 10.75 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

30 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.