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Marikina City Open II 2019

Marikina City · 26 October 2019 · 12 events · 80 competitors · 111 personal bests

Lorenzo Layug won three of the twelve events (2×2, Skewb, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Dale Palmares by 0.01 seconds. 80 competitors produced 111 personal bests, 54 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Sean Patrick Villanueva set the 3×3 average continental record: 5.98.

Three wins

Lorenzo Layug — 2×2, Skewb, Square-1

0.01s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Dale Palmares over Inigo Miguel B. Palisoc

111

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sean Patrick Villanueva	5.52	5.98
2×2	Lorenzo Layug	1.65	2.18
4×4	Richmond Mico Rigor	30.94	31.86
5×5	Inigo Miguel B. Palisoc	54.95	58.30
3×3 blindfolded	Jaden Lim	35.72	—
3×3 one-handed	Dale Palmares	9.84	12.77
Clock	Albert Quiñones	6.71	8.18
Megaminx	Don Angelo Joson	43.54	49.41
Pyraminx	Nikolai Harvey Sy Zipagan	2.84	3.35
Skewb	Lorenzo Layug	2.05	3.44
Square-1	Lorenzo Layug	11.68	13.58
4×4 blindfolded	Jaden Lim	2:48.73	—

The PB harvest

111 set · 54 still standing

Dale Palmares — 3×3 one-handed single 9.84: into the top 0.94% of the event's history.
Amir Salomon — 2×2 single 1.33: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Ivan Keith Cariaga — 2×2 single 1.35: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
James Michael R. Salise — 2×2 single 1.49: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Lorenzo Layug — 3×3 one-handed single 11.64: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Jacob Miko Tan (陈在元) — 2×2 single 1.66: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Jaden Lim — 2×2 single 1.69: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Jaden Lim — Pyraminx single 2.93: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

80 competitors · 540 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 5.98 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

80 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.