Competitions · Argentina

Mega Open Ciudadela 2022

Ciudadela, Buenos Aires · 9 July 2022 · 8 events · 71 competitors · 104 personal bests

Gael Augusto Lapeyre won three of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, Clock) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Gael Augusto Lapeyre by 0.17 seconds. 71 competitors produced 104 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Bautista Bonazzola set the 4×4 single continental record: 22.45.

Three wins

Gael Augusto Lapeyre — 3×3, 2×2, Clock

0.17s

closest final — 2×2, Gael Augusto Lapeyre over Bautista Bonazzola

104

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Gael Augusto Lapeyre	6.32	7.36
2×2	Gael Augusto Lapeyre	1.54	2.14
4×4	Bautista Bonazzola	25.94	28.85
5×5	Theo Goluboff	51.48	55.73
3×3 one-handed	Bautista Bonazzola	11.73	12.50
Clock	Gael Augusto Lapeyre	5.87	6.50
Megaminx	Leandro Martín López	27.64	32.82
Skewb	Federico da Fonseca	2.47	3.46

The PB harvest

104 set · 21 still standing

Bautista Bonazzola — 4×4 single 22.45: into the top 0.25% of the event's history.
Matias Ripoll — 3×3 single 7.22: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Leonardo Ezequiel Cruz — 3×3 single 8.30: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Marcos Masini — 4×4 single 32.05: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Nahuel Agustín Bogner — 2×2 single 2.01: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Nahuel Agustín Bogner — 3×3 single 9.33: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Tomas Catinelo — 2×2 single 2.21: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Nahuel Agustín Bogner — 4×4 single 34.72: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

71 competitors · 441 results · 8 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. Gael Augusto Lapeyre won it with a 7.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

71 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.