Competitions · Ecuador

Tabacundo Open 2026

Tabacundo · 28 March 2026 · 7 events · 57 competitors · 53 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won four of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Jakob Schöley by 0.05 seconds. 57 competitors produced 53 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña set the 5×5 single national record: 1:00.07.

Four wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.05s

closest final — Pyraminx, Jakob Schöley over Sebastián Joel Herrera Manangon

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	5.75	6.10
2×2	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	1.81	2.06
4×4	Patrick Ponce	20.32	24.29
5×5	Patrick Ponce	45.50	47.36
3×3 blindfolded	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	58.14	—
3×3 one-handed	Patrick Ponce	10.47	12.99
Pyraminx	Jakob Schöley	4.52	6.00

The PB harvest

53 set · 39 still standing

Fabrizzio Alejandro Peñafiel Mena — 3×3 single 7.23: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Sebastián Mateo España Chango — 2×2 single 1.67: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Sebastián Mateo España Chango — 3×3 single 8.35: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Anthony Cusin — 3×3 single 8.72: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Fabrizzio Alejandro Peñafiel Mena — 3×3 one-handed single 12.97: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Jean Pierre Calderón — 2×2 single 2.34: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Raúl Gómez — Pyraminx single 3.97: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Alexander Morillo — 3×3 single 10.18: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

57 competitors · 280 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 6.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

57 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.