Competitions · Ecuador

UTN Open 2025

Ibarra · 12 July 2025 · 6 events · 74 competitors · 39 personal bests

Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña won four of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Raúl Gómez by 0.22 seconds. 74 competitors produced 39 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Eduardo Alejandro Díaz Ruano took a 2×2 single of 13.55 down to 7.61, 44 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed

0.22s

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	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	8.48	9.52
2×2	Raúl Gómez	2.39	2.95
4×4	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	31.25	34.68
3×3 blindfolded	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	54.57	—
3×3 one-handed	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	14.37	16.20
Pyraminx	Simon Poldi	2.93	4.54

The PB harvest

39 set · 23 still standing

María del Cisne Ortega Andrade — 3×3 single 14.50: into the top 22.7% of the event's history.
Héctor Mauricio Zambrano Andrango — 3×3 single 15.38: into the top 25.7% of the event's history.
José María Tamayo Vaca — 2×2 single 4.11: into the top 27.9% of the event's history.
Kristie Daniela Andrade Puente — 3×3 one-handed single 23.02: into the top 28.8% of the event's history.
Inti Kenai Landázuri Tobón — 3×3 single 16.67: into the top 29.9% of the event's history.
Anthony Sebastián Carpio Mayancha — 3×3 single 17.91: into the top 33.8% of the event's history.
Andy Guamba — 3×3 single 23.62: into the top 49.4% of the event's history.
Damián Josué Pilicita Valenzuela — 3×3 single 24.92: into the top 52.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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

74 competitors · 225 results · 6 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. Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña won it with a 9.52 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

74 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.