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Montevideo en Llamas 2021

Montevideo · 12 December 2021 · 9 events · 30 competitors · 48 personal bests

Gael Augusto Lapeyre won six of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Manuel Malvárez by 0.44 seconds. 30 competitors produced 48 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bruno Lezama set the 3×3 single national record: 6.44.

Six wins
Gael Augusto Lapeyre — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx, Square-1
0.44s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Manuel Malvárez over Gael Augusto Lapeyre
48
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Gael Augusto Lapeyre7.027.57
2×2Gael Augusto Lapeyre1.572.14
4×4Gael Augusto Lapeyre31.2332.49
5×5Gael Augusto Lapeyre55.521:02.24
3×3 one-handedManuel Malvárez12.8415.89
MegaminxGael Augusto Lapeyre45.4248.94
PyraminxSebastiano Benato2.723.90
SkewbBruno Lezama2.393.12
Square-1Gael Augusto Lapeyre10.2111.57

The PB harvest

48 set · 10 still standing
  • Bruno Lezama — 3×3 single 6.44: into the top 0.8% of the event's history.
  • Brian Hambeck — Pyraminx single 1.85: into the top 0.9% of the event's history.
  • Octavio Arocena — 3×3 single 7.61: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
  • Octavio Arocena — Pyraminx single 3.35: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
  • Rodrigo Benitez — 3×3 single 9.57: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
  • Octavio Arocena — 3×3 one-handed single 15.36: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
  • Rodrigo Benitez — 4×4 single 41.32: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
  • Franco Gamero Garayalde — 3×3 single 14.50: into the top 22.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

30 competitors · 189 results · 9 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 7.57 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

30 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.