Competitions · Colombia

WCA South American Championship 2026

Bogotá D.C. · 12 June 2026 · 16 events · 430 competitors · 607 personal bests

Theo Goluboff won five of the 16 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Juan Miguel Saboya Soto by 0.06 seconds. 430 competitors produced 607 personal bests, 516 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Theo Goluboff set the 7×7 single continental record: 1:55.06.

Five wins

Theo Goluboff — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed

0.06s

closest final — 2×2, Juan Miguel Saboya Soto over Nicolás Sánchez

607

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Caio Hideaki Sato	5.61	6.11
2×2	Juan Miguel Saboya Soto	1.13	1.41
4×4	Theo Goluboff	22.81	24.03
5×5	Theo Goluboff	41.15	43.08
6×6	Theo Goluboff	1:16.75	1:18.66
7×7	Theo Goluboff	1:55.06	1:58.74
3×3 blindfolded	Manuel Gutman	15.30	16.96
3×3 one-handed	Theo Goluboff	8.29	10.47
Clock	Santiago Cabral	3.41	4.04
Megaminx	Sebastián Urbina	28.93	31.88
Pyraminx	Manuel Francisco Beltrán	1.33	1.98
Skewb	Gustavo Mendes Vidal	2.02	2.33
Square-1	Jorge Luis Castillo Carrasco	7.95	9.55
4×4 blindfolded	Manuel Gutman	1:38.72	—
5×5 blindfolded	Manuel Gutman	4:21.16	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Israel Fraga da Silva	29 of 31 cubes · 51:04	—

The PB harvest

607 set · 516 still standing

Theo Goluboff — 3×3 single 4.03: into the top 0.015% of the event's history.
Alonso Ignacio González Vásquez — Pyraminx single 1.09: into the top 0.072% of the event's history.
Santiago Cabral — 2×2 single 0.91: into the top 0.39% of the event's history.
Juan Daniel Tangarife Ortiz — 2×2 single 1.29: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Lucas Ichiro Yunomae — 2×2 single 1.39: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
João Stenzel Neto — Clock single 3.79: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Gour Kishor Ballestas — 2×2 single 1.45: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Lago Ezequiel Terán Paredes — Pyraminx single 2.59: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

37 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

430 competitors · 4297 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.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

430 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.