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Competitions · Venezuela

Speedcubing Mérida 2016

Mérida · 27 March 2016 · 6 events · 23 competitors · 18 personal bests

Daniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte won three of the six events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras by 0.05 seconds. 23 competitors produced 18 personal bests, 2 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jesus Gil took a 2×2 single of 13.36 down to 5.72, 57 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Daniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx
0.05s
closest final — Square-1, Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras over Daniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte
18
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Daniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte10.9812.66
2×2Andrey Eloy Valero3.293.69
4×4Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras45.8849.74
3×3 one-handedDaniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte14.9320.09
PyraminxDaniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte4.986.46
Square-1Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras27.2741.45

The PB harvest

18 set · 2 still standing
  • Andrey Eloy Valero — 3×3 one-handed single 20.80: into the top 22.7% of the event's history.
  • Kerwil Abache — 3×3 single 15.35: into the top 25.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Three people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

23 competitors · 99 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. Daniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte won it with a 12.66 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

23 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.