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Desafío Rubik's 50 Años Bogotá 2024

Bogotá · 8 June 2024 · 2 events · 72 competitors · 36 personal bests

Manuel Popayán won the 3×3 with a 8.81 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Juan Sebastian Mendez Llanos by 0.03 seconds. 72 competitors produced 36 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Samuel Esteban Morera Rojas took a 2×2 single of 9.51 down to 3.95, 58 percent better in one day.

2
events decided
0.03s
closest final — 2×2, Juan Sebastian Mendez Llanos over Kevin Vanegas Diaz
36
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Manuel Popayán7.168.81
2×2Juan Sebastian Mendez Llanos1.963.04

The PB harvest

36 set · 17 still standing

First-timers

Seven 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

72 competitors · 254 results · 2 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. Manuel Popayán won it with a 8.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

72 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.