Competitions · Colombia

Medellín Explora 2018

Medellín · 18 August 2018 · 15 events · 133 competitors · 192 personal bests

Oscar Nieto won five of the 15 events (2×2, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Nicolás Shwkyng Monroy by 0.28 seconds. 133 competitors produced 192 personal bests, 81 of which still stand today, and 50 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ramses Amaya set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 26 of 31 cubes · 1:00:00.

Five wins

Oscar Nieto — 2×2, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx

0.28s

closest final — 3×3, Nicolás Shwkyng Monroy over Santiago Ramírez Jiménez

192

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nicolás Shwkyng Monroy	9.81	10.23
2×2	Oscar Nieto	2.20	2.61
4×4	Jose Urrego-Gomez	36.70	41.80
5×5	Oscar Nieto	1:08.57	1:18.47
6×6	Oscar Nieto	2:15.35	2:21.67
7×7	Oscar Nieto	3:07.22	3:14.81
3×3 blindfolded	Ramses Amaya	28.98	37.22
3×3 Fewest Moves	Juan David Carmona Vásquez	30 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Juan David Carmona Vásquez	11.89	18.13
Clock	Diego Pinto Almario	6.62	7.47
Megaminx	Oscar Nieto	59.63	1:10.41
Pyraminx	Juan Sebastián Silva Alvarez	3.22	3.57
Skewb	Ale Restrepo	3.03	5.38
Square-1	Hector David Martinez Argaez	9.44	11.53
3×3 Multi-Blind	Ramses Amaya	26 of 31 cubes · 1:00:00	—

The PB harvest

192 set · 81 still standing

Juan Sebastián Silva Alvarez — 3×3 one-handed single 12.87: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Kevin Lopez Rodriguez — 2×2 single 1.97: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Daniel Acevedo — 2×2 single 2.41: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Diego Pinto Almario — 3×3 single 10.58: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Alejandro Zuluaga — 2×2 single 2.56: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Juan Pablo Guevara — 3×3 single 10.73: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
David Rojas Herrera — 2×2 single 2.65: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
Juan Camilo Mejia Arroyave — Pyraminx single 4.66: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

50 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

133 competitors · 867 results · 15 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. Nicolás Shwkyng Monroy won it with a 10.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

133 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.