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Competitions · Peru

Mariano Melgar Speedcubing 2018

Arequipa · 4 August 2018 · 8 events · 48 competitors · 59 personal bests

Smeling Becerra won four of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Oscar Paul Mamani Oscalla by 0.16 seconds. 48 competitors produced 59 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Erick Branco Yari Merma took a 3×3 single of 35.39 down to 21.05, 41 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Smeling Becerra — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.16s
closest final — 2×2, Oscar Paul Mamani Oscalla over Kevin Estefano Coayla Vargas
59
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Smeling Becerra7.598.80
2×2Oscar Paul Mamani Oscalla3.504.20
4×4Smeling Becerra31.5833.06
5×5Smeling Becerra1:06.111:15.22
6×6Marco Antonio Ponce de León Aguilar2:02.012:07.24
3×3 blindfoldedJael Riggenbach47.6755.55
3×3 one-handedSmeling Becerra17.7619.21
PyraminxCesar Nikolas Camac Melendez3.333.99

The PB harvest

59 set · 9 still standing

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

48 competitors · 262 results · 8 events.

Everyone who competed

48 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.