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Competitions · Colombia

Salamandra Cartagena 2024

Cartagena, Bolivar · 23 March 2024 · 4 events · 22 competitors · 14 personal bests

Jose Carlos García Vélez won four of the four events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jose Carlos García Vélez by 0.00 seconds. 22 competitors produced 14 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Luis Esteban Castro Garcia took a 2×2 single of 9.68 down to 4.16, 57 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Jose Carlos García Vélez — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.00s
closest final — 2×2, Jose Carlos García Vélez over Juan Sebastián Jiménez Medina
14
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jose Carlos García Vélez8.9010.23
2×2Jose Carlos García Vélez3.504.39
5×5Jose Carlos García Vélez54.041:00.13
3×3 one-handedJose Carlos García Vélez13.2016.05

The PB harvest

14 set · 10 still standing

First-timers

Eight 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

22 competitors · 85 results · 4 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. Jose Carlos García Vélez won it with a 10.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

22 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.