Competitions · Argentina

Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2024

Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires · 22 July 2024 · 16 events · 287 competitors · 492 personal bests

Theo Goluboff won three of the 16 events (5×5, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Mateo de León by 0.05 seconds. 287 competitors produced 492 personal bests, 179 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Mateo de León set the Clock single continental record: 3.44.

Three wins

Theo Goluboff — 5×5, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed

0.05s

closest final — Clock, Mateo de León over Santiago Cabral

492

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Caio Hideaki Sato	5.26	6.11
2×2	Gabriel Alonso Ibáñez Miranda	1.36	1.42
4×4	Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo	22.11	26.67
5×5	Theo Goluboff	44.61	46.12
6×6	Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez	1:32.14	1:32.95
7×7	Theo Goluboff	2:09.39	2:15.18
3×3 blindfolded	Gianfranco Huanqui	17.65	—
3×3 one-handed	Theo Goluboff	8.00	10.18
Clock	Mateo de León	3.44	4.19
Megaminx	Leandro Martín López	24.08	27.46
Pyraminx	Vicenzo Guerino Cecchini	1.97	2.96
Skewb	Michael Fonseca	2.19	2.39
Square-1	Vicenzo Guerino Cecchini	4.57	6.32
4×4 blindfolded	Manuel Gutman	1:29.03	—
5×5 blindfolded	Manuel Gutman	4:15.10	4:50.61
3×3 Multi-Blind	Nicolas Campanario	32 of 37 cubes · 1:00:00	—

The PB harvest

492 set · 179 still standing

Ale Restrepo — 3×3 single 5.22: into the top 0.17% of the event's history.
Maximiliano Perez Madrid — Pyraminx single 1.70: into the top 0.67% of the event's history.
Ramses Amaya — 3×3 single 6.48: into the top 0.84% of the event's history.
Ramiro Mendez — 2×2 single 1.19: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Joao Valentín Ascierto — Pyraminx single 2.18: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Manolo Conde — Pyraminx single 2.36: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Renata Francisca De La Fuente Ábalos — 2×2 single 1.51: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Santiago David Laviera Vera — 2×2 single 1.54: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 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

37 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

287 competitors · 3135 results · 16 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. Caio Hideaki Sato won it with a 6.11 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

287 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.