Competitions · Colombia

UTB Open 2018

Cartagena · 8 April 2018 · 7 events · 33 competitors · 45 personal bests

Jose Carlos García Vélez won five of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jose Carlos García Vélez by 0.47 seconds. 33 competitors produced 45 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Daniel Ricardo Cataño García took a 2×2 single of 6.46 down to 2.88, 55 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Jose Carlos García Vélez — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1

0.47s

closest final — 3×3, Jose Carlos García Vélez over Sergio Andres Guillen Ibarra

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jose Carlos García Vélez	8.93	10.44
2×2	Jose Carlos García Vélez	3.07	4.05
4×4	Jose Carlos García Vélez	35.27	38.52
3×3 one-handed	Jose Carlos García Vélez	13.08	17.64
Megaminx	José Leonardo Chaparro Prieto	50.67	54.62
Pyraminx	José Leonardo Chaparro Prieto	5.14	6.59
Square-1	Jose Carlos García Vélez	12.34	13.40

The PB harvest

45 set · 27 still standing

Cristian Daniel Cantillo Racine — 2×2 single 2.82: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Daniel Ricardo Cataño García — 3×3 single 11.60: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
Daniel Ricardo Cataño García — 2×2 single 2.88: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
Jose David Arcos Racine — Pyraminx single 5.43: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.
Rodolfo Yepes Montes — 3×3 single 12.72: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
Jose David Arcos Racine — 2×2 single 3.35: into the top 18.4% of the event's history.
Hugo Jose Perez Guerrero — 3×3 one-handed single 19.79: into the top 19.9% of the event's history.
Carlos Martínez Arevalo — 3×3 single 14.19: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve 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

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

The field

33 competitors · 197 results · 7 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. Jose Carlos García Vélez won it with a 10.44 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

33 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.