Competitions · Colombia

Medellin Explora 2024

Medellín, Antioquia · 14 December 2024 · 11 events · 84 competitors · 66 personal bests

Hector David Martinez Argaez won six of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Hector David Martinez Argaez by 0.23 seconds. 84 competitors produced 66 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Lorenzo Bravo Saldarriaga took a 2×2 single of 8.57 down to 4.34, 49 percent better in one day.

Six wins

Hector David Martinez Argaez — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 7×7, Square-1

0.23s

closest final — 2×2, Hector David Martinez Argaez over Juan Manuel Bedoya

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Hector David Martinez Argaez	7.86	8.79
2×2	Hector David Martinez Argaez	2.15	2.29
4×4	Hector David Martinez Argaez	30.34	34.17
5×5	Hector David Martinez Argaez	1:03.59	1:04.18
7×7	Hector David Martinez Argaez	3:09.49	3:13.41
3×3 blindfolded	Carlos Miguel Pérez	58.77	1:14.86
3×3 one-handed	Juan David Carmona Vásquez	11.21	12.66
Clock	Juan Esteban Ochoa	3.77	6.06
Pyraminx	Juan Manuel Rueda Jaramillo	2.33	2.88
Skewb	Isabela Quesada Rodríguez	3.08	3.54
Square-1	Hector David Martinez Argaez	8.64	11.32

The PB harvest

66 set · 21 still standing

Juan Esteban Ochoa — Clock single 3.77: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Eduar Acevedo — 2×2 single 1.94: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Juan Manuel Lopera Henao — Pyraminx single 3.86: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Carlos Miguel Pérez — Pyraminx single 4.93: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
Mauro Yesid Dávila Dávila — Clock single 8.86: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.
Luis Angel Castaño — 3×3 single 13.74: into the top 20.1% of the event's history.
José Manuel Herrera Tobon — 3×3 single 13.99: into the top 20.9% of the event's history.
Mateo Duque Pestana — 2×2 single 3.68: into the top 22.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

84 competitors · 511 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. Hector David Martinez Argaez won it with a 8.79 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

84 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.