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Puerto Rico Open 2024

Salinas, Puerto Rico · 27 April 2024 · 7 events · 53 competitors · 33 personal bests

Mason Langenderfer won five of the seven events (2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Felix J. Santiago Melendez by 0.26 seconds. 53 competitors produced 33 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and 34 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Eli Nelson took a 2×2 single of 16.27 down to 6.42, 61 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Mason Langenderfer — 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Skewb
0.26s
closest final — 3×3, Felix J. Santiago Melendez over Mason Langenderfer
33
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Felix J. Santiago Melendez8.509.35
2×2Mason Langenderfer1.932.60
4×4Mason Langenderfer36.2940.42
5×5Stephen Griggs1:08.601:13.05
3×3 one-handedMason Langenderfer11.0912.79
PyraminxMason Langenderfer4.044.79
SkewbMason Langenderfer3.244.14

The PB harvest

33 set · 8 still standing

First-timers

34 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

53 competitors · 246 results · 7 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. Felix J. Santiago Melendez won it with a 9.35 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

53 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.