Competitions · Philippines

Metro Speedcubing Open 2023

Antipolo, Rizal · 8 April 2023 · 5 events · 102 competitors · 74 personal bests

Sean Patrick Villanueva won two of the five events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Justin Andrew Dee by 0.57 seconds. 102 competitors produced 74 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Sean Patrick Villanueva set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 7.42.

Two wins

Sean Patrick Villanueva — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.57s

closest final — Pyraminx, Justin Andrew Dee over Craig Luke Jimeno

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sean Patrick Villanueva	4.95	6.13
2×2	Brenton Angelo Lo Wong	1.93	2.43
3×3 blindfolded	John Edison Ubaldo (ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ︀ᜈ᜔ ᜁᜇᜒᜐᜓ︀ᜈ᜔ ᜂᜊᜎ᜔ᜇᜓ︀)	33.32	43.97
3×3 one-handed	Sean Patrick Villanueva	7.42	9.15
Pyraminx	Justin Andrew Dee	1.98	3.19

The PB harvest

74 set · 19 still standing

Mark Luigi Huyaban — 3×3 single 5.35: into the top 0.2% of the event's history.
Renz Alexander Lumban — 3×3 single 7.56: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Michael Angelo Zafra — Pyraminx single 2.48: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
John Edison Ubaldo (ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ︀ᜈ᜔ ᜁᜇᜒᜐᜓ︀ᜈ᜔ ᜂᜊᜎ᜔ᜇᜓ︀) — 3×3 blindfolded single 33.32: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Zander Verona — Pyraminx single 4.25: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Sealtiel Amor N. Carpio — 3×3 single 11.55: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
Chloe Olivia Yuque — Pyraminx single 4.89: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
Jeffrey Sandoval — 3×3 single 15.94: into the top 27.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

35 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

102 competitors · 413 results · 5 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 6.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

102 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.