Competitions · Colombia

Metrópolis Bogotá II 2025

Bogotá · 31 August 2025 · 6 events · 41 competitors · 30 personal bests

Michael Andres Castillo Lemus won two of the six events (4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Manuel Popayán by 0.05 seconds. 41 competitors produced 30 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Damian Velasquez took a 2×2 single of 11.17 down to 6.09, 45 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Michael Andres Castillo Lemus — 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.05s

closest final — 3×3, Manuel Popayán over Michael Andres Castillo Lemus

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Manuel Popayán	7.49	8.16
2×2	Juan Sebastian Mendez Llanos	1.62	1.85
4×4	Michael Andres Castillo Lemus	25.88	30.42
3×3 one-handed	Michael Andres Castillo Lemus	15.76	17.34
Pyraminx	Jacob Goossens Celis	2.66	3.73
5×5 blindfolded	Julian Alejandro Forero Gonzalez	5:53.12	—

The PB harvest

30 set · 14 still standing

Julian Alejandro Forero Gonzalez — 2×2 single 1.16: into the top 0.92% of the event's history.
Julian Alejandro Forero Gonzalez — Pyraminx single 2.03: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Martin Castillo — 2×2 single 1.37: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Darien Camilo Bernal Gomez — 2×2 single 1.51: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Pablo Andres Lugo — 3×3 single 7.92: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Pablo Andres Lugo — Pyraminx single 3.93: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Emanuel Labrador Valderrama — 3×3 single 13.95: into the top 20.8% of the event's history.
Emanuel Labrador Valderrama — 3×3 one-handed single 25.45: into the top 35.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

41 competitors · 226 results · 6 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. Manuel Popayán won it with a 8.16 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

41 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.