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Melipilla Open 2023

Melipilla · 29 April 2023 · 9 events · 70 competitors · 88 personal bests

Felipe Medel won two of the nine events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Felipe Medel by 0.15 seconds. 70 competitors produced 88 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Badr Ait Belaid set the Pyraminx average continental record: 3.66.

Two wins
Felipe Medel — 3×3, 5×5
0.15s
closest final — 3×3, Felipe Medel over Agustín Mera Landa
88
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Felipe Medel7.337.95
2×2Jose Basaes1.751.91
4×4Claudio Matias Cancino Bruna26.3729.78
5×5Felipe Medel54.6859.60
3×3 blindfoldedBadr Ait Belaid40.80
3×3 one-handedIrenco Peña Henríquez12.3414.93
ClockCristóbal Opazo Bravo5.876.60
PyraminxMichael Fonseca2.603.36
Square-1Diego Barrera8.1811.68

The PB harvest

88 set · 25 still standing

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

70 competitors · 435 results · 9 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. Felipe Medel won it with a 7.95 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.