Competitions · Peru

Steel's Cubes Lima 2026

Lima · 23 January 2026 · 9 events · 47 competitors · 48 personal bests

Marcelo Nuñez won two of the nine events (6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Axel Stev Quispe Pastrana by 0.09 seconds. 47 competitors produced 48 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Israel Martinez Malpartida took a 3×3 one-handed single of 41.61 down to 21.74, 48 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Marcelo Nuñez — 6×6, 7×7

0.09s

closest final — Clock, Axel Stev Quispe Pastrana over Pedro Giuseppe Garcia Milla

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
4×4	Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña	24.41	28.60
5×5	Benjamín Ochoa	46.84	51.66
6×6	Marcelo Nuñez	1:28.63	1:34.27
7×7	Marcelo Nuñez	2:14.02	2:18.90
3×3 blindfolded	Gianfranco Huanqui	20.39	—
3×3 one-handed	Francisco Barrenechea Sanchez	10.73	11.66
Clock	Axel Stev Quispe Pastrana	6.19	7.19
Megaminx	Jafet Luis Huarcaya Chiroque	36.04	42.25
3×3 Multi-Blind	Jean Villamon	11 of 12 cubes · 50:23	—

The PB harvest

48 set · 32 still standing

Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña — 3×3 one-handed single 7.00: into the top 0.071% of the event's history.
Angel Jesus Panebra Rodriguez — 4×4 single 25.51: into the top 0.84% of the event's history.
Angel Jesus Panebra Rodriguez — 6×6 single 1:39.42: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Leonardo Adrian Nuñez Huanuiri — 4×4 single 34.87: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Andrés Hisashi Suzuki Cabrera — 5×5 single 1:02.26: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Esiquiel Alonzo Ramírez Pariona — Clock single 6.33: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Angel Jesus Panebra Rodriguez — 7×7 single 2:56.35: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Marden Gonzales — 3×3 one-handed single 15.72: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

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Records watch

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

The field

47 competitors · 194 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

47 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.