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Competitions · Venezuela

SSSA Rubik 2016

Mérida · 30 January 2016 · 7 events · 17 competitors · 17 personal bests

Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jurgens Filiaggi by 0.15 seconds. 17 competitors produced 17 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jesus Joel Mendez took a 3×3 single of 1:12.56 down to 34.60, 52 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded
0.15s
closest final — 2×2, Jurgens Filiaggi over Daniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte
17
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras11.0811.71
2×2Jurgens Filiaggi2.874.02
4×4Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras48.3753.43
3×3 blindfoldedOscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras5:33.78
ClockJurgens Filiaggi9.0610.56
PyraminxDaniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte4.877.50
Square-1Daniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte23.9630.53

The PB harvest

17 set · 7 still standing

First-timers

Two 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

17 competitors · 93 results · 7 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 Alberto Ceballos Contreras won it with a 11.71 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

17 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.