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Competitions · Ecuador

Welcome Guayaquil Open 2026

Guayaquil · 25 April 2026 · 7 events · 41 competitors · 39 personal bests

Caleb Salcedo Rivera won three of the seven events (5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Megaminx, won by Caleb Salcedo Rivera by 0.25 seconds. 41 competitors produced 39 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Caleb Salcedo Rivera set the 5×5 single national record: 59.41.

Three wins
Caleb Salcedo Rivera — 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.25s
closest final — Megaminx, Caleb Salcedo Rivera over Dereck Estrada
39
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Dereck Estrada7.468.62
2×2Fernando Zevallos1.672.18
4×4Dereck Estrada34.7636.57
5×5Caleb Salcedo Rivera59.411:08.59
3×3 one-handedCaleb Salcedo Rivera12.9114.20
MegaminxCaleb Salcedo Rivera44.4752.15
PyraminxFernando Zevallos4.185.71

The PB harvest

39 set · 31 still standing

First-timers

20 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

41 competitors · 167 results · 7 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. Dereck Estrada won it with a 8.62 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

41 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.