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Santa Cruz Open 2018

Santa Cruz · 18 November 2018 · 9 events · 30 competitors · 34 personal bests

Rodrigo Paz Vaca won four of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Rodrigo Paz Vaca by 0.08 seconds. 30 competitors produced 34 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Rodrigo Paz Vaca set the 5×5 single national record: 1:00.85.

Four wins
Rodrigo Paz Vaca — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.08s
closest final — 4×4, Rodrigo Paz Vaca over Rodrigo Ugarte
34
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Rodrigo Paz Vaca8.208.55
2×2Rodrigo Paz Vaca2.622.91
4×4Rodrigo Paz Vaca33.5640.93
5×5Rodrigo Ugarte1:11.871:13.39
3×3 one-handedRodrigo Paz Vaca15.0015.15
MegaminxFabricio Andrés Yañez Terrazas50.6254.01
PyraminxRodrigo Ugarte4.184.43
SkewbNicolas Cardenas Claros4.205.51
3×3 with feetMateo Guillen1:15.831:26.02

The PB harvest

34 set · 6 still standing

First-timers

Two 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

30 competitors · 202 results · 9 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. Rodrigo Paz Vaca won it with a 8.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

30 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.