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PUCP Cubing Festival VIII 2025

Lima · 7 December 2025 · 16 events · 122 competitors · 126 personal bests

Benjamín Ochoa won four of the 16 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña by 0.15 seconds. 122 competitors produced 126 personal bests, 74 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Iham Alexander Barrientos Rodriduez took a 3×3 single of 43.70 down to 14.39, 67 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Benjamín Ochoa — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.15s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña over Mateo Aguirre

126

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña	6.63	6.92
2×2	Mateo Aguirre	1.56	2.27
4×4	Benjamín Ochoa	28.06	28.81
5×5	Benjamín Ochoa	49.02	52.95
6×6	Benjamín Ochoa	1:42.59	1:43.77
7×7	Benjamín Ochoa	2:16.83	2:26.05
3×3 blindfolded	Gianfranco Huanqui	20.74	—
3×3 one-handed	Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña	9.42	11.98
Clock	Andrés Hisashi Suzuki Cabrera	3.89	4.41
Megaminx	Alexander Montoya	37.67	40.99
Pyraminx	Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña	1.82	2.56
Skewb	Joel Martín Huamani Fernández	2.69	3.20
Square-1	Andrés Hisashi Suzuki Cabrera	7.09	10.41
4×4 blindfolded	Kevin Arturo Huamán Ruiz	5:25.41	—
5×5 blindfolded	Kevin Arturo Huamán Ruiz	16:40.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Rodrigo Zarate	10 of 12 cubes · 54:25	—

The PB harvest

126 set · 74 still standing

Eduardo Munive — Pyraminx single 1.21: into the top 0.15% of the event's history.
Pedro Giuseppe Garcia Milla — Pyraminx single 1.59: into the top 0.53% of the event's history.
Alonzo Sanchez Arica — Pyraminx single 1.91: into the top 0.99% of the event's history.
Adriano Fabian Paima Guzmán — Pyraminx single 2.03: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
David Quispe — 3×3 one-handed single 10.71: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Dennis Preciado — 3×3 single 7.34: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Dennis Preciado — Pyraminx single 2.56: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Marden Gonzales — 3×3 single 7.76: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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

122 competitors · 722 results · 16 events.

Everyone who competed

122 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.