Competitions · Ecuador

UTN Open 2026

Ibarra · 11 July 2026 · 6 events · 55 competitors · 37 personal bests

Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña won five of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña by 0.16 seconds. 55 competitors produced 37 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 12.14.

Five wins

Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed

0.16s

closest final — 3×3, Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña over Fabrizzio Alejandro Peñafiel Mena

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	8.51	9.76
2×2	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	1.63	2.09
4×4	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	30.56	38.93
3×3 blindfolded	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	50.23	58.86
3×3 one-handed	Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña	12.14	14.65
Pyraminx	Alejandro Velasquez Torres	5.09	5.83

The PB harvest

37 set · 33 still standing

Abril Cabezas Moreno — Pyraminx single 2.76: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Anthony Gerard Álvarez Ludeña — 3×3 one-handed single 12.14: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Matías José Morales López — 2×2 single 1.78: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
María José Ortega Andrade — Pyraminx single 3.27: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Matías José Morales López — 3×3 single 9.25: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Matías José Morales López — 3×3 one-handed single 13.95: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Ronny Morocho — 2×2 single 2.18: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Anthony Cusin — 3×3 one-handed single 15.20: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

55 competitors · 181 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 9.76 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

55 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.