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Real Plaza 2016

Arequipa · 26 November 2016 · 12 events · 35 competitors · 35 personal bests

Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba won five of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Eduardo Gutiérrez Cuba by 0.02 seconds. 35 competitors produced 35 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Piero Alessandro Laguna Obregon took a Skewb single of 13.82 down to 5.52, 60 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.02s
closest final — Pyraminx, Eduardo Gutiérrez Cuba over Saúl Javier
35
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba8.569.79
2×2Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba3.413.46
4×4Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba33.3634.68
5×5Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba1:09.091:13.16
3×3 blindfoldedRoberto Antonio Ocmin Baráybar27.65
3×3 one-handedErnesto Gutiérrez Cuba14.9016.33
MegaminxEduardo Gutiérrez Cuba1:06.791:11.68
PyraminxEduardo Gutiérrez Cuba6.317.68
SkewbSaúl Javier3.748.24
Square-1Saúl Javier14.7420.35
4×4 blindfoldedYehude Rudy Canaza Apaza8:15.70
5×5 blindfoldedYehude Rudy Canaza Apaza16:54.00

The PB harvest

35 set · 12 still standing

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. 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

35 competitors · 168 results · 12 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. Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba won it with a 9.79 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

35 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.