Competitions · Colombia

Navidad Explora Medellín 2023

Medellín, Antioquia · 8 December 2023 · 10 events · 73 competitors · 98 personal bests

Stiven Ortiz won two of the ten events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Stiven Ortiz by 0.05 seconds. 73 competitors produced 98 personal bests, 51 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Diego Kepler Suescún Zuluaga took a 2×2 single of 7.35 down to 1.92, 74 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Stiven Ortiz — 3×3, 4×4

0.05s

closest final — 3×3, Stiven Ortiz over Erick Steven Muñoz Torres

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Stiven Ortiz	8.64	9.25
2×2	Juan Pablo Hoyos Perez	2.11	2.63
4×4	Stiven Ortiz	33.61	35.77
5×5	Julián David Idárraga Restrepo	58.47	1:00.17
3×3 blindfolded	Jefferson Durango	23.69	—
3×3 one-handed	Juan Esteban Ochoa	13.64	15.09
Clock	Carlos Miguel Pérez	6.91	8.84
Pyraminx	Julián David Idárraga Restrepo	2.57	3.41
Skewb	Ale Restrepo	2.46	2.79
Square-1	Samuel Aroca	12.33	12.89

The PB harvest

98 set · 51 still standing

Jefferson Durango — 2×2 single 1.32: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Miguel Angel Solarte — 2×2 single 1.40: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Stiven Ortiz — Pyraminx single 2.49: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
José Miguel Pérez Álvarez — 2×2 single 1.61: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Juan Manuel Bedoya — 2×2 single 1.71: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Daniel Tabares Pavas — Square-1 single 8.13: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Juan Manuel Bedoya — 3×3 one-handed single 12.31: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Juan Camilo Zapata Salazar — 2×2 single 1.78: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 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

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

The field

73 competitors · 520 results · 10 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. Stiven Ortiz won it with a 9.25 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

73 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.