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Competitions · El Salvador

Santa Tecla Cubo Desafio 2018

Santa Tecla · 21 January 2018 · 10 events · 55 competitors · 68 personal bests

Jesser Armando Ramírez Diaz won three of the ten events (6×6, 7×7, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Bryan Cuellar by 0.19 seconds. 55 competitors produced 68 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

David Gálvez set the Skewb single national record: 3.42.

Three wins
Jesser Armando Ramírez Diaz — 6×6, 7×7, Skewb
0.19s
closest final — 2×2, Bryan Cuellar over Fernando Daniel Domínguez Castaneda
68
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Fernando Daniel Domínguez Castaneda10.8412.01
2×2Bryan Cuellar3.304.28
5×5Daniel Escobar1:07.921:12.09
6×6Jesser Armando Ramírez Diaz2:16.132:18.26
7×7Jesser Armando Ramírez Diaz3:25.133:31.12
3×3 blindfoldedJoel Hernández1:45.68
ClockDylan Rene Centeno Chevez8.719.46
MegaminxFernando Daniel Domínguez Castaneda1:07.261:10.60
SkewbJesser Armando Ramírez Diaz2.334.85
Square-1Daniel Escobar13.8515.51

The PB harvest

68 set · 23 still standing

First-timers

14 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

19 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

55 competitors · 297 results · 10 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. Fernando Daniel Domínguez Castaneda won it with a 12.01 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

55 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.