70 Años Fátima Montevideo 2025

A single rapid solve can dazzle, but across a grueling weekend of speedcubing, composed consistency ultimately settles the standings. At the Colegio Fátima, Víctor Gálvez demonstrated that precise truth in the 3x3x3 Cube final, locking down first place with a 10.02 winning average. Although the fastest individual solve of the event belonged to an 8.74 single, Gálvez controlled the round by stringing together solid solves across all five attempts. The performance set the tone for 70 Años Fátima Montevideo 2025, which brought 15 competitors together in Montevideo, Uruguay, from May 31 to June 1, 2025, to contest 14 rounds of high-level puzzle solving.

The 3x3 results formed the centerpiece of the program, where Uruguay claimed the top two spots and Venezuela rounded out the podium. Gálvez led the 15-person field with his 10.02 mark, holding off Brian Hambeck of Uruguay, who secured the silver medal with a 10.56 average. Felipe Santamaría Ruiz of Venezuela earned the third spot on the podium after turning in a 10.93 average. The classic Rubik's Cube contest proved that avoiding costly mistakes is what separates podium finishers when the margin between competitors is measured in small fractions of a second.

Beyond the main event, Gálvez added two more titles to his weekend tally by maintaining that same calculated rhythm. In the 4x4x4 Cube, he captured first place with an average of 38.12 and a round-best single of 34.64, outpacing Bruno Lezama who finished second in 41.22 and Hambeck in third with 42.34. Gálvez struck gold again in the 5x5x5 Cube, winning with a 1:11.70 average after logging a single of 1:01.22. Lezama took second place in 1:19.09, while Irene Pinto rounded out the Uruguayan podium sweep in third with a 1:19.69 average.

Bruno Lezama proved to be just as dependable across his specialty events, topping the standings twice. In the 2x2x2 Cube final, Lezama maintained control to win with an average of 3.48, besting Santamaría Ruiz who took second with 3.75 and Santiago Cabral who took third with 4.08. Lezama later brought that same steady execution to 3x3x3 One-Handed, where he posted a winning average of 15.25 and a best single of 12.60. Gálvez followed in second place with 18.76, while Hambeck earned the bronze with a 19.56 average.

The remaining events at 70 Años Fátima Montevideo 2025 highlighted specialized skill sets across varied twisty puzzles. In Clock, Santiago Cabral dominated with a 4.99 winning average and a 3.42 single, leaving Gálvez in second at 7.97 and Xabier Monsalve in third at 10.01. Monsalve found his own victory in Square-1, averaging 12.49 alongside a single of 9.61 to finish ahead of Cabral at 14.23 and Gálvez at 17.01. Pyraminx saw Sebastiano Benato record a 2.43 winning average ahead of Cabral at 3.50, while Hambeck captured the Megaminx title with a 42.72 mark.

Tucked behind the podium races, several competitors made substantial individual breakthroughs across the weekend. Endrick Javier Sánchez Cedeño delivered one of the steepest progressions of the tournament, taking on his first ever attempt at 4x4x4 Cube with a 1:16.96 solve while trimming his 3x3x3 Cube personal best to 13.21, an improvement of 26.6 percent from his previous best of 18.00. Santiago Alayon tackled four separate events, logging a first ever attempt at Pyraminx with a 17.03 and a first ever attempt at Megaminx in 3:54.80. Felipe Mai contested three events, shaving 22.6 percent off his 3x3x3 Cube mark down to 19.50, lowering his Pyraminx best by 5.2 percent to 4.40, and notching a 5.48 in the 2x2x2 Cube.

The progression continued through the rest of the field as athletes expanded their repertoires and sharpened their times. Lucas Barrientos participated in seven events, recording personal bests of 25.40 in Clock, 3.83 in Pyraminx, and 2.99 in the 2x2x2 Cube, alongside a weekend-best fourth-place finish in Pyraminx. Theo Jorysz lowered his 3x3x3 Cube personal best by 3.3 percent to 37.80. Meanwhile, Matthias Ezequiel Winnik Magariños stepped up for his first WCA competition, recording a 10.41 in his first ever attempt at 2x2x2 Cube and a 32.43 in his first ever attempt at 3x3x3 Cube, while Santhino Vaz completed his first WCA competition with a first ever attempt at 3x3x3 Cube in 45.79.

Over two days of action, the cubing competition produced 27 total podium awards, with Uruguayan competitors taking 23 places and Venezuelan athletes earning four. From the opening turns to the deciding finals, 70 Años Fátima Montevideo 2025 illustrated that composed execution under pressure remains the defining standard in modern speed cubing. With rounds complete across nine disciplines, the competitors in Montevideo depart with new personal milestones and strong foundations for the next chapter of regional tournament play.