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Venezuela Nationals 2016

Mérida · 17 December 2016 · 16 events · 39 competitors · 65 personal bests

Bernardo Torres won four of the 16 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Bernardo Torres by 0.19 seconds. 39 competitors produced 65 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Jurgens Filiaggi set the Clock average continental record: 7.87.

Four wins
Bernardo Torres — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.19s
closest final — 3×3, Bernardo Torres over Oscar Nieto
65
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Bernardo Torres11.1412.19
2×2Bernardo Torres2.793.61
4×4Bernardo Torres40.5645.77
5×5Daniel Alberto Sánchez Dugarte1:21.031:31.04
6×6Oscar Nieto3:04.383:15.16
7×7Oscar Nieto4:47.105:01.37
3×3 blindfoldedOscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras2:43.03—
3×3 Fewest MovesJurgens Filiaggi39 moves—
3×3 one-handedBernardo Torres16.1320.90
ClockJurgens Filiaggi7.979.10
MegaminxOscar Nieto1:03.701:05.67
PyraminxMiguel Vidal3.754.74
SkewbOscar Nieto4.326.28
Square-1Giovanny Coronado16.1417.65
3×3 Multi-BlindOscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras2 of 2 cubes · 9:33—
3×3 with feetEduard Esteban García Domínguez1:03.591:14.23

The PB harvest

65 set · 21 still standing
  • Jesus Gil — 3×3 single 8.49: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
  • Jesus Gil — Pyraminx single 3.35: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
  • Jesus Gil — 3×3 one-handed single 16.04: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
  • Jesus Gil — Skewb single 4.43: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
  • Andriuth Peña — 3×3 one-handed single 18.53: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
  • Juan Andres Ruiz Polo — 3×3 one-handed single 19.01: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
  • Robert Vielma — 3×3 single 13.15: into the top 17.9% of the event's history.
  • José Gregorio Pernía Salas — Megaminx single 1:13.86: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Three people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

39 competitors · 333 results · 16 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. Bernardo Torres won it with a 12.19 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

39 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.