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TCG Fall Arequipa 2017

Arequipa · 22 April 2017 · 8 events · 32 competitors · 25 personal bests

Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba won three of the eight events (2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Rachel Riggenbach by 0.07 seconds. 32 competitors produced 25 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Daniel Esteban Rivera Diban took a Pyraminx single of 12.38 down to 8.00, 35 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba — 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.07s
closest final — 3×3, Rachel Riggenbach over Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba
25
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Rachel Riggenbach9.7111.84
2×2Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba3.154.04
4×4Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba29.0533.53
3×3 blindfoldedYehude Rudy Canaza Apaza51.47
3×3 one-handedErnesto Gutiérrez Cuba14.5515.52
PyraminxSaúl Javier5.646.20
SkewbLucciano Florez4.705.04
Square-1Saúl Javier17.2521.31

The PB harvest

25 set · 8 still standing

First-timers

14 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

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

The field

32 competitors · 140 results · 8 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. Rachel Riggenbach won it with a 11.84 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

32 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.