Competitions · Colombia

Medellín Explora 2017

Medellín, Antioquia · 9 December 2017 · 11 events · 103 competitors · 104 personal bests

Oscar Nieto won two of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Juan Sebastián Silva Alvarez by 0.08 seconds. 103 competitors produced 104 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 47 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Anonymous took a 2×2 single of 39.85 down to 7.72, 81 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Oscar Nieto — 3×3, 2×2

0.08s

closest final — Pyraminx, Juan Sebastián Silva Alvarez over Alejandro Isaza

104

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Oscar Nieto	9.28	10.51
2×2	Oscar Nieto	2.23	2.66
4×4	Nicolás Shwkyng Monroy	35.99	43.25
5×5	Nicolás Shwkyng Monroy	1:10.73	1:18.75
3×3 blindfolded	Juan Sebastián Silva Alvarez	54.87	—
3×3 one-handed	Alejandro Isaza	16.78	18.88
Megaminx	José Leonardo Chaparro Prieto	46.03	48.90
Pyraminx	Juan Sebastián Silva Alvarez	2.74	3.97
Skewb	Kevin Lopez Rodriguez	2.80	3.94
Square-1	David Rojas Herrera	12.43	13.92
3×3 Multi-Blind	José Leonardo Chaparro Prieto	8 of 9 cubes · 40:36	—

The PB harvest

104 set · 33 still standing

Kevin Lopez Rodriguez — 3×3 single 8.65: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Jose Urrego-Gomez — Pyraminx single 4.55: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
Juan Felipe Orozco Cano — 3×3 single 11.56: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Daniel Acevedo — 3×3 single 11.71: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
Alejandro Zuluaga — 3×3 single 11.81: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
Juan Camilo Vargas — Pyraminx single 5.48: into the top 16.3% of the event's history.
Oscar Nieto — Square-1 single 14.93: into the top 16.3% of the event's history.
Bryan Kevin Jimenez Cruz — 3×3 one-handed single 18.65: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

47 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

103 competitors · 637 results · 11 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. Oscar Nieto won it with a 10.51 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

103 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.