Competitions · Ecuador

UIO 2022

Quito · 26 February 2022 · 16 events · 50 competitors · 54 personal bests

Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña won four of the 16 events (4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Raúl Gómez by 0.03 seconds. 50 competitors produced 54 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 1:36.75.

Four wins

Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña — 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx, 4×4 blindfolded

0.03s

closest final — 2×2, Raúl Gómez over Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Dereck Estrada	8.90	9.23
2×2	Raúl Gómez	2.13	2.50
4×4	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	37.58	38.53
5×5	Dereck Estrada	1:04.54	1:09.63
6×6	Dereck Estrada	2:38.84	2:41.25
7×7	Juan Pablo Suárez Narváez	3:30.52	3:47.15
3×3 blindfolded	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	1:36.75	1:51.88
3×3 Fewest Moves	Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas	44 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Bolivar Chafla	17.24	19.25
Clock	Alex Loor	16.32	25.03
Megaminx	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	57.59	58.90
Pyraminx	Ivan Alexander Bonilla Morales	4.06	5.58
Skewb	Juan Pablo Suárez Narváez	4.66	5.43
Square-1	Samuel Israel León Rocha	18.42	20.62
4×4 blindfolded	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas	5 of 6 cubes · 39:57	—

The PB harvest

54 set · 23 still standing

Farid Brazales Flores — 3×3 single 8.33: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Farid Brazales Flores — 4×4 single 37.05: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Luis Fernando Zambrano Castillo — 3×3 single 11.35: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Caleb Salcedo Rivera — Pyraminx single 5.29: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.
Juan Paúl Valenzuela Utreras — 3×3 single 12.44: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
Valery Piedra Miranda — Pyraminx single 5.42: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
Juan Pablo Suárez Narváez — 7×7 single 3:30.52: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.
Farid Brazales Flores — 5×5 single 1:24.40: into the top 22.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

50 competitors · 276 results · 16 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. Dereck Estrada won it with a 9.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

50 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.