Competitions · Bolivia

Univalle Big Cubes 2018

Cochabamba · 27 January 2018 · 8 events · 77 competitors · 92 personal bests

Smeling Becerra won four of the eight events (3×3, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Rodrigo Ugarte by 0.57 seconds. 77 competitors produced 92 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Rodrigo Ugarte set the 6×6 single national record: 2:10.22.

Four wins

Smeling Becerra — 3×3, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed

0.57s

closest final — 4×4, Rodrigo Ugarte over Smeling Becerra

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Smeling Becerra	8.16	8.98
4×4	Rodrigo Ugarte	40.54	41.42
5×5	Smeling Becerra	1:12.57	1:15.74
6×6	Smeling Becerra	2:13.59	2:16.80
7×7	Rodrigo Ugarte	3:32.70	3:35.49
3×3 one-handed	Smeling Becerra	11.04	17.34
Megaminx	Fabricio Andrés Yañez Terrazas	51.13	58.69
Pyraminx	Rodrigo Ugarte	3.77	4.67

The PB harvest

92 set · 24 still standing

Diego Iglesias Godoy — 3×3 single 7.82: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Jose Erick Jesus Gutierrez — Pyraminx single 5.02: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
Álvaro Rojas — 4×4 single 44.02: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.
Harold De La Cruz — Pyraminx single 5.99: into the top 19.9% of the event's history.
Diego Iglesias Godoy — Pyraminx single 6.12: into the top 20.9% of the event's history.
Saul Alan Aquino Chuquichambi — 3×3 single 14.03: into the top 21.1% of the event's history.
Jose Antonio Campero Morales — 7×7 single 3:54.28: into the top 28.5% of the event's history.
Álvaro Rojas — 5×5 single 1:31.95: into the top 28.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

77 competitors · 368 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. Smeling Becerra won it with a 8.98 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

77 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.