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Arequipa · 19 March 2016 · 9 events · 52 competitors · 46 personal bests

Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba won three of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba by 0.69 seconds. 52 competitors produced 46 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Juan Pablo Huanqui set the Megaminx average continental record: 44.84.

Three wins

Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba — 3×3, 4×4, Pyraminx

0.69s

closest final — Pyraminx, Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba over Eduardo Gutiérrez Cuba

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba	7.92	9.08
2×2	Eduardo Gutiérrez Cuba	2.84	3.83
4×4	Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba	32.96	35.83
3×3 blindfolded	Gianfranco Huanqui	28.91	—
3×3 one-handed	Eduardo Gutiérrez Cuba	14.70	16.09
Megaminx	Juan Pablo Huanqui	41.16	44.84
Pyraminx	Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba	6.99	8.07
4×4 blindfolded	Gianfranco Huanqui	5:00.88	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Gianfranco Huanqui	24 of 29 cubes · 1:00:00	—

The PB harvest

46 set · 19 still standing

Dewin Berdejo — 4×4 single 42.18: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
Yehude Rudy Canaza Apaza — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 11 of 13 cubes · 50:29: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.
Anthony Jesús Feria Paredes — Pyraminx single 6.45: into the top 23.4% of the event's history.
Anthony Jesús Feria Paredes — 3×3 single 15.48: into the top 26.1% of the event's history.
Anthony Jesús Feria Paredes — 2×2 single 3.98: into the top 26.2% of the event's history.
Royer Pacuala — 3×3 single 15.59: into the top 26.4% of the event's history.
Carlos Andre Gutierrez Gallegos — 2×2 single 4.17: into the top 28.7% of the event's history.
Diego Chris Choquehuaita Yana — Pyraminx single 7.27: into the top 30.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

52 competitors · 198 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. Ernesto Gutiérrez Cuba won it with a 9.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

52 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.