Competitions · Philippines

Valenzuela Cubing Open 2023

Valenzuela City · 2 July 2023 · 8 events · 91 competitors · 87 personal bests

Brenton Angelo Lo Wong won three of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Karl Matthew Angeles by 0.16 seconds. 91 competitors produced 87 personal bests, 44 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Sean Patrick Villanueva set the 3×3 single national record: 4.11.

Three wins

Brenton Angelo Lo Wong — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4

0.16s

closest final — Pyraminx, Karl Matthew Angeles over Justin Andrew Dee

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Brenton Angelo Lo Wong	6.05	6.55
2×2	Brenton Angelo Lo Wong	1.14	2.10
4×4	Brenton Angelo Lo Wong	24.60	27.29
3×3 blindfolded	John Axel B. Gordo	41.32	—
3×3 one-handed	Sean Patrick Villanueva	8.55	11.28
Megaminx	Sean Patrick Villanueva	44.79	50.74
Pyraminx	Karl Matthew Angeles	2.99	3.62
Skewb	Ivan Keith Cariaga	1.99	3.55

The PB harvest

87 set · 44 still standing

Sean Patrick Villanueva — 3×3 single 4.11: into the top 0.018% of the event's history.
Nikolai Harvey Sy Zipagan — 3×3 single 7.15: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Luigi Angelo Enghoy — 3×3 single 7.47: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Jaybee Montecillo — 3×3 one-handed single 11.35: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
John Redney Carpio — 3×3 single 7.66: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Perry Nathaniel Gonzales — Skewb single 2.45: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Hans Vincent C. Cruz — 2×2 single 1.68: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Michael Angelo Zafra — 3×3 one-handed single 12.03: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

91 competitors · 453 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. Brenton Angelo Lo Wong won it with a 6.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

91 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.