Competitions · Philippines

Metro Speedcubing Open 2019

San Mateo, Rizal · 1 June 2019 · 10 events · 83 competitors · 93 personal bests

Jaden Lim won two of the ten events (6×6, 3×3 Multi-Blind) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Gabriel Gaza by 0.25 seconds. 83 competitors produced 93 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Brenton Angelo Lo Wong set the 2×2 single national record: 1.19.

Two wins

Jaden Lim — 6×6, 3×3 Multi-Blind

0.25s

closest final — 2×2, Gabriel Gaza over Robbie Villarica

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sean Patrick Villanueva	5.59	6.77
2×2	Gabriel Gaza	2.04	2.45
4×4	Inigo Miguel B. Palisoc	30.15	33.70
5×5	Richmond Mico Rigor	56.73	1:00.29
6×6	Jaden Lim	1:44.72	1:48.65
7×7	Louie Jay Quibote	2:39.68	2:45.21
3×3 Fewest Moves	John Edison Ubaldo (ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ︀ᜈ᜔ ᜁᜇᜒᜐᜓ︀ᜈ᜔ ᜂᜊᜎ᜔ᜇᜓ︀)	31 moves	33.67
Pyraminx	Justin Andrew Dee	2.28	3.02
Skewb	Ivan Keith Cariaga	1.86	4.61
3×3 Multi-Blind	Jaden Lim	13 of 19 cubes · 1:00:00	—

The PB harvest

93 set · 22 still standing

Russel Bocalbos — Skewb single 2.27: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Jaden Lim — Skewb single 2.31: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Robbie Villarica — Skewb single 2.51: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Lorenzo Franco Kasilag — Skewb single 3.05: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Carl Joshua Garcia — Skewb single 3.40: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Daniel Elijah V. Vasquez — 3×3 single 9.98: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Jan Dimitri Portugal — 3×3 single 10.10: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Gabriel Gaza — Pyraminx single 4.43: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

83 competitors · 422 results · 10 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. Sean Patrick Villanueva won it with a 6.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

83 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.