Competitions · Chile

Montealegre Open 2023

Valparaíso · 8 January 2023 · 7 events · 75 competitors · 65 personal bests

Sebastián Yuste Lucero won two of the seven events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Felipe Medel by 0.55 seconds. 75 competitors produced 65 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Badr Ait Belaid set the Pyraminx average continental record: 4.01.

Two wins

Sebastián Yuste Lucero — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded

0.55s

closest final — 3×3, Felipe Medel over Irenco Peña Henríquez

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Felipe Medel	7.28	7.65
2×2	Jose Basaes	2.24	2.58
4×4	Claudio Matias Cancino Bruna	28.58	33.09
3×3 blindfolded	Sebastián Yuste Lucero	39.77	—
Clock	Michael Fonseca	4.80	6.53
Pyraminx	Maximiliano Perez Madrid	2.64	2.86
4×4 blindfolded	Sebastián Yuste Lucero	6:16.31	6:35.61

The PB harvest

65 set · 23 still standing

Irenco Peña Henríquez — 2×2 single 1.29: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Bastian Pino — 3×3 single 10.66: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Mariam Beatriz Moya Palta — Pyraminx single 4.41: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Salvador Mateo Lara Bravo — 2×2 single 2.88: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
Antonella Bernales — 3×3 single 12.23: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
Benjamín Leonardo Solórzano Guerra — 4×4 single 42.91: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
Juan Jose Altamirano — 4×4 single 45.80: into the top 19.3% of the event's history.
Cristian Bustos — 2×2 single 3.59: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 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

75 competitors · 343 results · 7 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 7.65 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.