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Competitions · Venezuela

SSSA Rubik 2017

Mérida · 21 January 2017 · 9 events · 18 competitors · 32 personal bests

Oscar Nieto won five of the nine events (3×3, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Oscar Nieto by 0.10 seconds. 18 competitors produced 32 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Daniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte set the 3×3 single national record: 7.87.

Five wins
Oscar Nieto — 3×3, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx
0.10s
closest final — 3×3, Oscar Nieto over Daniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte
32
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Oscar Nieto10.2311.10
2×2Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras3.454.00
4×4Daniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte41.8243.80
5×5Oscar Nieto1:23.901:27.12
6×6Oscar Nieto2:38.832:44.15
7×7Oscar Nieto4:16.064:17.32
3×3 blindfoldedOscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras3:21.86
MegaminxOscar Nieto58.201:02.36
PyraminxDaniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte4.275.00

The PB harvest

32 set · 7 still standing

First-timers

Two people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

18 competitors · 141 results · 9 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 11.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

18 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.