Competitions · Chile

QueTalca Open 2019

Talca · 7 December 2019 · 6 events · 43 competitors · 62 personal bests

Felipe Medel won three of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Felipe Medel by 0.40 seconds. 43 competitors produced 62 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Rodrigo Cabezas set the Megaminx single national record: 41.06.

Three wins

Felipe Medel — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4

0.40s

closest final — 3×3, Felipe Medel over Irenco Peña Henríquez

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Felipe Medel	7.52	9.06
2×2	Felipe Medel	2.13	2.51
4×4	Felipe Medel	32.07	33.26
3×3 blindfolded	Vicente Astroza	2:57.77	—
3×3 one-handed	Irenco Peña Henríquez	10.86	14.87
Megaminx	Rodrigo Cabezas	41.06	46.72

The PB harvest

62 set · 28 still standing

Erick Lemus Fuentes — 3×3 one-handed single 11.82: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Sebastián Felipe Romero Vega — 2×2 single 2.10: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Emilio Valenzuela Tapia — 3×3 single 9.63: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Scarleth Nicol Navarro Medina — 4×4 single 35.52: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Ignacio Estay Santander — 3×3 single 11.02: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
Alberto Antonio Ávila Muñoz — 2×2 single 3.12: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
Amaro Vicente Acevedo Alvarez — 2×2 single 3.14: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
Jael Esperanza Osorio Galaz — 4×4 single 43.99: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

43 competitors · 268 results · 6 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. Felipe Medel won it with a 9.06 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

43 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.