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Competitions · Ecuador

Tulcan Open 2023

Tulcan · 21 October 2023 · 5 events · 31 competitors · 29 personal bests

Ethan Damien Tarco won three of the five events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ethan Damien Tarco by 0.35 seconds. 31 competitors produced 29 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Germán Daniel Beltrán Jarrín took a Pyraminx single of 6.27 down to 3.31, 47 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Ethan Damien Tarco — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed
0.35s
closest final — 2×2, Ethan Damien Tarco over Jhonatan Caicedo
29
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ethan Damien Tarco11.8712.88
2×2Ethan Damien Tarco3.524.07
3×3 one-handedEthan Damien Tarco18.5822.71
PyraminxIvan Alexander Bonilla Morales5.795.99
SkewbJeremias Hidalgo Viveros7.478.04

The PB harvest

29 set · 12 still standing

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

31 competitors · 138 results · 5 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. Ethan Damien Tarco won it with a 12.88 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

31 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.