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Competitions · Colombia

Popayán 2024

Popayán, Cauca · 17 March 2024 · 4 events · 63 competitors · 17 personal bests

Julian Daza Grisales won two of the four events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Julian Daza Grisales by 0.62 seconds. 63 competitors produced 17 personal bests, 4 of which still stand today, and 50 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Samuel David Torres Muñoz took a 3×3 single of 44.86 down to 27.97, 38 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Julian Daza Grisales — 3×3, 2×2
0.62s
closest final — 3×3, Julian Daza Grisales over Andres Alfaro
17
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Julian Daza Grisales9.7310.41
2×2Julian Daza Grisales3.023.14
4×4Michael Andres Castillo Lemus25.4032.07
PyraminxJuan Pablo Erazo Mazuera4.575.46

The PB harvest

17 set · 4 still standing

First-timers

50 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

63 competitors · 214 results · 4 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. Julian Daza Grisales won it with a 10.41 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

63 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.