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Montevideo Palace 2019

Montevideo · 22 December 2019 · 7 events · 37 competitors · 36 personal bests

Gael Augusto Lapeyre won four of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ramses Amaya by 0.15 seconds. 37 competitors produced 36 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Sebastiano Benato set the Pyraminx single national record: 2.08.

Four wins
Gael Augusto Lapeyre — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, Square-1
0.15s
closest final — 2×2, Ramses Amaya over Gael Augusto Lapeyre
36
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Gael Augusto Lapeyre7.918.96
2×2Ramses Amaya2.953.54
4×4Gael Augusto Lapeyre34.6637.68
5×5Gael Augusto Lapeyre1:10.191:13.44
PyraminxRamses Amaya2.683.53
SkewbBruno Lezama4.054.68
Square-1Gael Augusto Lapeyre14.3819.68

The PB harvest

36 set · 10 still standing
  • Ramses Amaya — Skewb single 3.33: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
  • Samir Saldivia Martinez — Pyraminx single 4.42: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
  • Gennaro Monetti — 2×2 single 2.82: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
  • Brian Hambeck — Skewb single 4.48: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
  • Diego Cáceres — 3×3 single 12.16: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
  • Diego Cáceres — 2×2 single 3.14: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
  • Joaquín Guillén — 2×2 single 3.83: into the top 24.3% of the event's history.
  • Diego Cáceres — 4×4 single 51.39: into the top 26.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

37 competitors · 192 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. Gael Augusto Lapeyre won it with a 8.96 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

37 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.