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PUCP Cubing Festival X 2026

Lima · 21 March 2026 · 13 events · 122 competitors · 95 personal bests

Benjamín Ochoa won three of the 13 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Mateo Aguirre by 0.03 seconds. 122 competitors produced 95 personal bests, 88 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Jean Villamon set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 39.91.

Three wins

Benjamín Ochoa — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6

0.03s

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

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña	5.43	6.34
2×2	Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña	1.37	1.66
4×4	Benjamín Ochoa	27.11	29.36
5×5	Benjamín Ochoa	48.34	52.77
6×6	Benjamín Ochoa	1:28.12	1:32.62
7×7	Marcelo Nuñez	2:09.28	2:17.35
3×3 blindfolded	Salvador Adriano Valenzuela Muñante	35.77	—
3×3 one-handed	Mateo Aguirre	10.00	12.15
Clock	Andy Andres Cordero Espinoza	3.91	5.47
Megaminx	Jafet Luis Huarcaya Chiroque	38.72	41.23
Pyraminx	Pedro Giuseppe Garcia Milla	2.78	3.61
Skewb	Joel Martín Huamani Fernández	2.65	3.18
Square-1	Andrés Hisashi Suzuki Cabrera	7.28	10.87

The PB harvest

95 set · 88 still standing

Adriano Fabian Paima Guzmán — 3×3 single 5.96: into the top 0.46% of the event's history.
Gadiel Ordinola — 3×3 single 6.84: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Óscar Frias Camara — Pyraminx single 2.34: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Jheyson Quispe Salazar — 3×3 one-handed single 11.21: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Andy Andres Cordero Espinoza — Clock single 3.91: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Eduardo Villanueva — 3×3 single 7.71: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Jheyson Quispe Salazar — 3×3 single 7.78: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Jesús Daniel Asmat Leiva — 2×2 single 1.56: into the top 2.4% 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

122 competitors · 620 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 6.34 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

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.