Competitions · Bolivia

New Challenge Santa Cruz 2019

Santa Cruz · 27 April 2019 · 13 events · 40 competitors · 39 personal bests

Rodrigo Paz Vaca won six of the 13 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Rodrigo Paz Vaca by 0.09 seconds. 40 competitors produced 39 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Nicolas Cardenas Claros set the Skewb single national record: 1.86.

Six wins

Rodrigo Paz Vaca — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.09s

closest final — 4×4, Rodrigo Paz Vaca over Joseph Daniel Blas Sanchez

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Rodrigo Paz Vaca	8.03	9.12
2×2	Rodrigo Paz Vaca	2.82	3.44
4×4	Rodrigo Paz Vaca	37.52	40.88
5×5	Josias Milan Sirpa Pinto	1:07.40	1:16.67
6×6	Rodrigo Ugarte	2:28.71	2:31.57
7×7	Rodrigo Ugarte	3:20.10	3:28.52
3×3 blindfolded	Rodrigo Paz Vaca	2:08.16	3:05.25
3×3 one-handed	Rodrigo Paz Vaca	10.98	13.83
Clock	Diego Iglesias Godoy	7.21	7.77
Megaminx	Rodrigo Paz Vaca	51.76	59.57
Pyraminx	Rodrigo Ugarte	3.88	4.46
Skewb	Josias Milan Sirpa Pinto	3.88	5.29
3×3 Multi-Blind	Juvenal Nuñez	—	—

The PB harvest

39 set · 16 still standing

Nicolas Cardenas Claros — Skewb single 1.86: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Sebastian Eguez — Skewb single 2.40: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Nicolas Cardenas Claros — 3×3 single 8.93: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Nicolas Cardenas Claros — 4×4 single 36.93: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Nicolas Cardenas Claros — 3×3 one-handed single 15.52: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Mateo Guillen — 3×3 single 12.12: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
Mateo Guillen — Pyraminx single 5.57: into the top 16.9% of the event's history.
Mateo Guillen — 4×4 single 45.00: into the top 18.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

40 competitors · 252 results · 13 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. Rodrigo Paz Vaca won it with a 9.12 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

40 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.