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Masdos Returns 2017

La Plata, Buenos Aires · 19 August 2017 · 13 events · 69 competitors · 118 personal bests

Francisco Hamlin won four of the 13 events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Francisco Hamlin by 0.15 seconds. 69 competitors produced 118 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Agustin do Campo set the 3×3 single national record: 8.79.

Four wins
Francisco Hamlin — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.15s
closest final — 3×3, Francisco Hamlin over Guido Dipietro
118
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Francisco Hamlin9.2910.06
2×2Francisco Hamlin2.002.38
4×4Bautista Bonazzola34.1537.67
5×5Francisco Hamlin1:11.201:15.15
3×3 blindfoldedGuido Dipietro28.27—
3×3 one-handedFrancisco Hamlin14.7616.11
ClockElias Fuentes6.388.24
PyraminxJose Keh3.594.83
SkewbBautista Bonazzola3.674.61
Square-1Fernando Lomazzi10.8412.26
4×4 blindfoldedGuido Dipietro5:06.87—
5×5 blindfoldedCarlos Pedro Casado de Achával28:12.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindGiuliano Tumini2 of 2 cubes · 15:45—

The PB harvest

118 set · 30 still standing
  • Francisco Cabral de Jesus — 4×4 single 34.59: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
  • Elias Fuentes — Clock single 6.38: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
  • Teo Marchioni — 3×3 single 12.03: into the top 14.0% of the event's history.
  • Teo Marchioni — 2×2 single 3.11: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
  • Agustín Bernasconi — Skewb single 4.69: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
  • Manuel Altalef — 2×2 single 3.33: into the top 18.1% of the event's history.
  • Tomás Harry — 3×3 single 13.39: into the top 18.8% of the event's history.
  • Teo Marchioni — Skewb single 5.20: into the top 19.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

69 competitors · 553 results · 13 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. Francisco Hamlin won it with a 10.06 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.