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Competitions · Uruguay

Pando City Open 2018

Pando · 18 November 2018 · 7 events · 15 competitors · 17 personal bests

Octavio Arocena won three of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Octavio Arocena by 0.18 seconds. 15 competitors produced 17 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Agam Rossen took a 3×3 single of 25.52 down to 15.64, 39 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Octavio Arocena — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed
0.18s
closest final — 2×2, Octavio Arocena over Sebastiano Benato
17
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Octavio Arocena11.5313.26
2×2Octavio Arocena3.134.46
4×4Munemichi Suzuki47.8552.74
5×5Christian Goñi1:56.522:01.65
3×3 one-handedOctavio Arocena16.1420.02
PyraminxBrian Hambeck3.444.34
SkewbMunemichi Suzuki4.125.80

The PB harvest

17 set · 6 still standing

First-timers

Three people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

15 competitors · 94 results · 7 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. Octavio Arocena won it with a 13.26 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

15 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.