Competitions · Peru

Salesianos Open 2018

Arequipa · 29 September 2018 · 12 events · 60 competitors · 85 personal bests

Smeling Becerra won five of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Eduardo Gutiérrez Cuba by 0.17 seconds. 60 competitors produced 85 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Daniel Gutiérrez Miranda took a 3×3 single of 35.66 down to 17.95, 50 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Smeling Becerra — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.17s

closest final — 2×2, Eduardo Gutiérrez Cuba over Oscar Paul Mamani Oscalla

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Smeling Becerra	7.67	8.21
2×2	Eduardo Gutiérrez Cuba	2.69	3.51
4×4	Smeling Becerra	30.05	34.17
5×5	Smeling Becerra	1:03.27	1:08.12
6×6	Smeling Becerra	2:14.52	2:21.49
7×7	Smeling Becerra	3:10.52	3:14.32
3×3 blindfolded	Jael Riggenbach	50.93	—
3×3 one-handed	Eduardo Gutiérrez Cuba	13.03	15.55
Megaminx	Edson Bryan Béjar Román	41.73	48.28
Pyraminx	Cesar Nikolas Camac Melendez	2.80	3.79
Skewb	Eduardo Munive	7.36	8.65
3×3 Multi-Blind	Rodrigo Zarate	12 of 13 cubes · 53:03	—

The PB harvest

85 set · 35 still standing

Mateo Eduardo Cuba San Miguel — 2×2 single 1.97: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Oscar Paul Mamani Oscalla — Pyraminx single 3.43: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Cesar Nikolas Camac Melendez — 3×3 single 10.27: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Kevin Estefano Coayla Vargas — Megaminx single 57.40: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Cesar Nikolas Camac Melendez — 2×2 single 2.53: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Leonardo Chirinos — 3×3 single 10.74: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
Ricardo Jesús Gambini Abril — 2×2 single 2.68: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Daniel Esteban Rivera Diban — 5×5 single 1:11.91: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

60 competitors · 379 results · 12 events.

Everyone who competed

60 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.