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Competitions · El Salvador

Santa Tecla NxN 2021

Santa Tecla · 25 April 2021 · 6 events · 26 competitors · 42 personal bests

Oscar Nieto won six of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Oscar Nieto by 0.98 seconds. 26 competitors produced 42 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

José Eduardo Palacios Castro set the 3×3 single national record: 8.35.

Six wins
Oscar Nieto — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.98s
closest final — 2×2, Oscar Nieto over Elvis Isaí Rosales Hernández
42
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Oscar Nieto8.289.47
2×2Oscar Nieto2.503.33
4×4Oscar Nieto41.9044.26
5×5Oscar Nieto1:10.961:16.31
6×6Oscar Nieto2:26.432:29.67
7×7Oscar Nieto3:18.883:28.89

The PB harvest

42 set · 13 still standing

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

26 competitors · 122 results · 6 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. Oscar Nieto won it with a 9.47 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

26 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.