Competitions · Bolivia

RockCubers Open 2016

La Paz · 30 April 2016 · 10 events · 57 competitors · 52 personal bests

Xavier Antonio Balderrama won five of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by José Marco Tarifa Hernández by 0.17 seconds. 57 competitors produced 52 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 33 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Xavier Antonio Balderrama set the Pyraminx single national record: 4.86.

Five wins

Xavier Antonio Balderrama — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, Pyraminx

0.17s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, José Marco Tarifa Hernández over Rodrigo Ugarte

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Xavier Antonio Balderrama	10.31	12.80
2×2	Xavier Antonio Balderrama	2.80	4.61
4×4	Xavier Antonio Balderrama	40.55	49.58
5×5	Xavier Antonio Balderrama	1:31.26	1:34.24
7×7	Rodrigo Ugarte	4:25.18	4:31.63
3×3 one-handed	José Marco Tarifa Hernández	24.98	25.70
Megaminx	Rodrigo Ugarte	1:20.38	1:25.00
Pyraminx	Xavier Antonio Balderrama	4.86	8.73
Skewb	Rodrigo Ugarte	5.54	8.22
Square-1	Rony James Gutiérrez Tupa	23.12	25.11

The PB harvest

52 set · 14 still standing

Jose Maria Arteaga Vega — 3×3 single 14.71: into the top 23.4% of the event's history.
Dimas Carlos Valencia — Pyraminx single 6.46: into the top 23.5% of the event's history.
Boris Milton Siñani Sullcani — 3×3 single 18.40: into the top 35.3% of the event's history.
Dimas Carlos Valencia — 3×3 single 20.32: into the top 40.9% of the event's history.
Juan Marcelo Leon Copali — 3×3 one-handed single 29.68: into the top 45.9% of the event's history.
Joel Manceda Michme — 2×2 single 5.97: into the top 50.6% of the event's history.
Renato López Valdez — 3×3 single 27.14: into the top 57.1% of the event's history.
Boris Milton Siñani Sullcani — 4×4 single 1:22.55: into the top 57.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

33 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

57 competitors · 245 results · 10 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. Xavier Antonio Balderrama won it with a 12.80 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

57 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.