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Competitions · Colombia

Villa al Cubo Open 2022

Villapinzón, Cundinamarca. · 27 August 2022 · 10 events · 28 competitors · 31 personal bests

Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez won four of the ten events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Manuel Popayán by 0.09 seconds. 28 competitors produced 31 personal bests, 2 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez set the 6×6 average continental record: 1:36.33.

Four wins
Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.09s
closest final — 3×3, Manuel Popayán over Juan Miguel Saboya Soto
31
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Manuel Popayán8.229.46
2×2Kevin Vanegas Diaz2.702.75
4×4Michael Andres Castillo Lemus27.7632.68
5×5Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez52.5056.41
6×6Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez1:35.771:36.33
7×7Gabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez2:23.102:26.65
3×3 blindfoldedAngel David Alvarado Sandoval27.28
3×3 one-handedGabriel Santiago Velez Gonzalez12.4016.06
SkewbDavid Stiven Benitez Guerra4.295.42
Square-1Hector David Martinez Argaez7.7110.57

The PB harvest

31 set · 2 still standing

First-timers

Three people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

28 competitors · 257 results · 10 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. Manuel Popayán won it with a 9.46 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

28 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.