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Pucallpa 2018

Pucallpa · 27 October 2018 · 9 events · 22 competitors · 22 personal bests

Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba won four of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Alonzo Escobedo by 0.09 seconds. 22 competitors produced 22 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Bruno Alonso Villacorta Montoya took a 2×2 single of 3.68 down to 1.90, 48 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.09s
closest final — Skewb, Alonzo Escobedo over Bruno Alonso Villacorta Montoya
22
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba8.0010.67
2×2Alonzo Escobedo2.443.19
4×4Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba30.6633.40
5×5Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba55.731:01.70
3×3 one-handedErnesto Gutiérrez Cuba12.9118.19
MegaminxAlonzo Escobedo55.951:08.46
PyraminxJose Abanto Ortiz4.365.11
SkewbAlonzo Escobedo4.635.80
Square-1Bruno Alonso Villacorta Montoya10.6714.47

The PB harvest

22 set · 15 still standing

First-timers

Five 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

22 competitors · 132 results · 9 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 10.67 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

22 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.