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Speedcubing Year End 2016

Consolacion, Cebu · 26 November 2016 · 8 events · 48 competitors · 67 personal bests

Jay Benedict Alfaras won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jay Benedict Alfaras by 0.25 seconds. 48 competitors produced 67 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Jay Benedict Alfaras set the 5×5 average national record: 1:08.91.

Three wins
Jay Benedict Alfaras — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.25s
closest final — 3×3, Jay Benedict Alfaras over Leo Borromeo
67
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jay Benedict Alfaras8.989.45
2×2Raphael Christian Garcia2.254.01
4×4Jay Benedict Alfaras37.6241.88
5×5Jay Benedict Alfaras1:04.881:08.91
3×3 blindfoldedMervin Villaceran2:19.292:24.62
3×3 one-handedKarl Dickon Terez18.3221.03
MegaminxJose Polorhenzo Aquino1:36.991:40.63
PyraminxJose Polorhenzo Aquino4.576.18

The PB harvest

67 set · 22 still standing

First-timers

14 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

48 competitors · 231 results · 8 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. Jay Benedict Alfaras won it with a 9.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

48 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.