Competitions · Bolivia

Santa Cruz Rubik's Challenge 2017

Santa Cruz · 27 January 2017 · 15 events · 47 competitors · 87 personal bests

Rodrigo Paz Vaca won six of the 15 events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Rodrigo Paz Vaca by 0.22 seconds. 47 competitors produced 87 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Genaro Mauricio Alvarez Orias set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 3 of 3 cubes · 17:35.

Six wins

Rodrigo Paz Vaca — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx

0.22s

closest final — 2×2, Rodrigo Paz Vaca over Andrés Muñoz Valverde

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Rodrigo Paz Vaca	7.59	9.43
2×2	Rodrigo Paz Vaca	2.34	3.31
4×4	Rodrigo Ugarte	40.55	43.66
5×5	Rodrigo Paz Vaca	1:18.55	1:25.34
6×6	Rodrigo Ugarte	2:23.20	2:37.71
7×7	Rodrigo Ugarte	3:59.82	4:05.20
3×3 blindfolded	Yehude Rudy Canaza Apaza	45.75	1:06.18
3×3 Fewest Moves	Willy Vargas Mendez	37 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Rodrigo Paz Vaca	15.16	15.62
Megaminx	Rodrigo Paz Vaca	54.20	1:09.80
Pyraminx	Rodrigo Paz Vaca	3.87	5.33
Skewb	Nicolas Cardenas Claros	4.10	5.70
Square-1	Rony James Gutiérrez Tupa	11.79	14.98
5×5 blindfolded	Yehude Rudy Canaza Apaza	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Yehude Rudy Canaza Apaza	10 of 14 cubes · 48:59	—

The PB harvest

87 set · 17 still standing

Rony James Gutiérrez Tupa — Skewb single 3.52: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Rony James Gutiérrez Tupa — Square-1 single 11.79: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Willy Vargas Mendez — 2×2 single 2.57: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Rodrigo Paz Vaca — Skewb single 4.47: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
Jorge Alberto Trigo — 2×2 single 3.65: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
Jorge Limberg Balcazar Castillo — 5×5 single 1:27.41: into the top 25.2% of the event's history.
Cristian Franco Terrazas Flores — Skewb single 6.89: into the top 32.8% of the event's history.
Jorge Limberg Balcazar Castillo — 6×6 single 2:44.31: into the top 33.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

13 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

47 competitors · 318 results · 15 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 9.43 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

47 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.