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Stickers Punta del Este Open 2018

Punta del Este · 6 October 2018 · 7 events · 24 competitors · 17 personal bests

Octavio Arocena won two of the seven events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Octavio Arocena by 0.09 seconds. 24 competitors produced 17 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Sebastiano Benato set the Pyraminx single national record: 2.48.

Two wins
Octavio Arocena — 3×3, 2×2
0.09s
closest final — 3×3, Octavio Arocena over Agustín Diano
17
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Octavio Arocena10.2411.01
2×2Octavio Arocena2.653.76
4×4Agustín Diano39.7740.80
3×3 one-handedChristian Goñi17.4319.47
MegaminxChristian Goñi1:25.361:58.06
PyraminxSebastiano Benato2.484.10
SkewbMunemichi Suzuki3.857.67

The PB harvest

17 set · 7 still standing
  • Ariel Rodriguez — 3×3 single 14.35: into the top 22.2% of the event's history.
  • Christian Goñi — Megaminx single 1:25.36: into the top 25.2% of the event's history.
  • Bértil Estrugo — 4×4 single 1:00.54: into the top 37.0% of the event's history.
  • Ariel Rodriguez — Pyraminx single 9.68: into the top 50.5% of the event's history.
  • Ariel Rodriguez — 4×4 single 1:45.93: into the top 74.4% of the event's history.
  • Ariel Rodriguez — Skewb single 15.24: into the top 79.1% of the event's history.
  • Ariel Rodriguez — 3×3 one-handed single 57.21: into the top 82.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

24 competitors · 92 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. Octavio Arocena won it with a 11.01 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

24 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.