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Competitions · Venezuela

Mérida Summer 2016

Mérida · 3 September 2016 · 15 events · 25 competitors · 59 personal bests

José Miguel Lanz Mendoza won seven of the 15 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by José Miguel Lanz Mendoza by 0.07 seconds. 25 competitors produced 59 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and one people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

José Miguel Lanz Mendoza set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 12.12.

Seven wins
José Miguel Lanz Mendoza — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Skewb
0.07s
closest final — 2×2, José Miguel Lanz Mendoza over Daniel Andres Ruiz Araque
59
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3José Miguel Lanz Mendoza10.0910.91
2×2José Miguel Lanz Mendoza2.794.24
4×4José Miguel Lanz Mendoza32.6039.82
5×5José Miguel Lanz Mendoza1:22.291:30.60
6×6Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras3:14.973:38.26
7×7Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras5:04.385:21.37
3×3 blindfoldedDiego Alejandro Casas Jimenez3:24.32
3×3 one-handedJosé Miguel Lanz Mendoza13.2316.60
ClockJacob Sanchez9.4312.91
MegaminxJosé Miguel Lanz Mendoza1:11.011:19.66
PyraminxDaniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte4.855.46
SkewbJosé Miguel Lanz Mendoza7.137.92
Square-1Jacob Sanchez17.0424.02
3×3 Multi-BlindOscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras
3×3 with feetEduard Esteban García Domínguez58.521:04.46

The PB harvest

59 set · 13 still standing

First-timers

One person competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

25 competitors · 263 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. José Miguel Lanz Mendoza won it with a 10.91 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

25 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.