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Speed Challenge Santa Cruz 2019

Santa Cruz · 12 January 2019 · 11 events · 35 competitors · 36 personal bests

Rodrigo Paz Vaca won three of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Josias Milan Sirpa Pinto by 0.08 seconds. 35 competitors produced 36 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Gustavo Copaga set the 2×2 single national record: 1.30.

Three wins
Rodrigo Paz Vaca — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.08s
closest final — Skewb, Josias Milan Sirpa Pinto over Nicolas Cardenas Claros
36
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Rodrigo Paz Vaca6.658.33
2×2Gustavo Copaga1.302.82
4×4Rodrigo Paz Vaca37.3340.76
5×5Rodrigo Paz Vaca1:10.421:11.01
3×3 blindfoldedAldrin Alba Soria1:36.33
3×3 one-handedAdhemar Mizushima13.1713.56
ClockDiego Iglesias Godoy7.507.91
MegaminxFabricio Andrés Yañez Terrazas54.3159.30
SkewbJosias Milan Sirpa Pinto3.224.47
Square-1Rodrigo Ugarte19.7724.02
3×3 with feetMateo Guillen57.161:10.77

The PB harvest

36 set · 14 still standing

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

35 competitors · 222 results · 11 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 8.33 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

35 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.