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PLG Open 2012

Santiago · 2 March 2012 · 10 events · 39 competitors · 54 personal bests

Francisco Javier Lemes Sáez won two of the ten events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Rodrigo Gómez Araya by 0.11 seconds. 39 competitors produced 54 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Francisco Javier Lemes Sáez set the 3×3 blindfolded single continental record: 49.72.

Two wins
Francisco Javier Lemes Sáez — 3×3, 3×3 blindfolded
0.11s
closest final — Pyraminx, Rodrigo Gómez Araya over Paulo Salgado Alvarez
54
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Francisco Javier Lemes Sáez11.4612.75
2×2Javier Santa Cruz Álvarez4.635.15
4×4Leopoldo Andrés Ibarra Fuentes56.221:04.00
3×3 blindfoldedFrancisco Javier Lemes Sáez57.06
3×3 Fewest MovesJosé Garrido42 moves
3×3 one-handedLeopoldo Andrés Ibarra Fuentes16.1120.50
PyraminxRodrigo Gómez Araya5.056.26
3×3 Multi-BlindNatán Riggenbach3 of 3 cubes · 22:46
MagicRaúl Low Beattie1.111.26
Master MagicAndrés Alfaro3.033.46

The PB harvest

54 set · 26 still standing

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,376 people who made their debut in 2012. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

39 competitors · 246 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

39 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.