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Open Colca 2014

Arequipa · 21 March 2014 · 5 events · 42 competitors · 22 personal bests

Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba won two of the five events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba by 0.34 seconds. 42 competitors produced 22 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jorge Francisco Bustamante took a 2×2 single of 8.34 down to 4.56, 45 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba — 3×3, 4×4
0.34s
closest final — 3×3, Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba over Eduardo Gutiérrez Cuba
22
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba9.3312.17
2×2Eduardo Gutiérrez Cuba2.503.53
4×4Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba44.2348.17
3×3 blindfoldedNatán Riggenbach58.35
3×3 one-handedEduardo Gutiérrez Cuba17.2519.70

The PB harvest

22 set · 5 still standing

First-timers

16 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. 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

42 competitors · 102 results · 5 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. Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba won it with a 12.17 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

42 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.