Competitions · Peru

PUCP Cubing Festival IX 2026

Lima · 7 March 2026 · 13 events · 118 competitors · 111 personal bests

Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña won three of the 13 events (3×3, Megaminx, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Alonzo Sanchez Arica by 0.06 seconds. 118 competitors produced 111 personal bests, 81 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Marcelo Nuñez set the 7×7 single continental record: 2:01.38.

Three wins

Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña — 3×3, Megaminx, Pyraminx

0.06s

closest final — Skewb, Alonzo Sanchez Arica over Walter Felix

111

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña	5.70	6.75
2×2	Alonzo Sanchez Arica	1.40	1.43
4×4	Marcelo Nuñez	26.61	29.87
5×5	Benjamín Ochoa	48.65	52.93
6×6	Benjamín Ochoa	1:31.23	1:36.84
7×7	Marcelo Nuñez	2:01.38	2:14.26
3×3 blindfolded	Rodrigo Zarate	32.05	44.19
3×3 one-handed	Mateo Aguirre	9.36	10.67
Clock	Andrés Hisashi Suzuki Cabrera	3.17	4.11
Megaminx	Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña	37.15	44.43
Pyraminx	Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña	1.77	3.41
Skewb	Alonzo Sanchez Arica	2.96	3.66
Square-1	Andrés Hisashi Suzuki Cabrera	6.95	8.80

The PB harvest

111 set · 81 still standing

Leonardo José Hilario Cori — 3×3 single 5.96: into the top 0.46% of the event's history.
Jendry Patrick Rimachi Dulanto — 2×2 single 1.19: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Andrés Hisashi Suzuki Cabrera — 2×2 single 1.25: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Ingrit Mayta — 2×2 single 1.25: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Jendry Patrick Rimachi Dulanto — 3×3 single 7.01: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Ian Iosef Cerna Tenorio — Pyraminx single 2.18: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Leonardo José Hilario Cori — 2×2 single 1.33: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Andy Andres Cordero Espinoza — 2×2 single 1.38: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

118 competitors · 659 results · 13 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. Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña won it with a 6.75 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

118 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.