Competitions · Colombia

Nacionales Medellín Explora 2019

Medellín, Antioquia · 22 June 2019 · 18 events · 129 competitors · 206 personal bests

Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez won five of the 18 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Daniel Alejandro Torres Moreno by 0.01 seconds. 129 competitors produced 206 personal bests, 72 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Egdar Castillo set the Clock single national record: 17.00.

Five wins

Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.01s

closest final — 2×2, Daniel Alejandro Torres Moreno over José Leonardo Chaparro Prieto

206

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Manuel Popayán	8.29	9.95
2×2	Daniel Alejandro Torres Moreno	1.69	2.89
4×4	José Leonardo Chaparro Prieto	37.14	42.15
5×5	Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez	54.38	58.87
6×6	Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez	1:47.46	1:53.27
7×7	Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez	2:23.28	2:32.26
3×3 blindfolded	Jefferson Durango	32.87	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Daniel Alejandro Torres Moreno	30 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez	12.63	14.01
Clock	Dennis Rosero	10.10	11.73
Megaminx	Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez	49.14	57.30
Pyraminx	Juan David Carmona Vásquez	3.45	3.98
Skewb	Stiven Ramirez Tobon	3.68	4.75
Square-1	Hector David Martinez Argaez	8.93	11.77
4×4 blindfolded	Daniel Alejandro Torres Moreno	—	—
5×5 blindfolded	Daniel Alejandro Torres Moreno	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Jefferson Durango	17 of 31 cubes · 58:18	—
3×3 with feet	Juan David Carmona Vásquez	41.21	46.11

The PB harvest

206 set · 72 still standing

Jacobo Alvarez — 3×3 single 8.64: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Dennis Rosero — Skewb single 3.04: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Juan Manuel Serna Marín — Skewb single 3.44: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
David Rojas Herrera — Square-1 single 10.76: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Juliana Gonzalez Silva — Skewb single 3.67: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Santiago Valenzuela — Skewb single 4.17: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
Santiago Galvis — 3×3 single 12.03: into the top 14.0% of the event's history.
Kevin Julian Ramirez — 3×3 single 12.87: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 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

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

129 competitors · 1065 results · 18 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 9.95 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

129 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.