Bolivia Cubing Tour - Tarija 2025

Thirty-five competitors gathered at Cine MegaCenter on January 25 and 26, turning Tarija, Bolivia into a bustling hub of competitive puzzle solving. Over two days of action across sixteen rounds and ten events, Bolivia Cubing Tour - Tarija 2025 delivered a high-stakes weekend of speedcubing. The 2025 meeting brought together seasoned contenders and aspiring talent, producing tightly contested finals and a flurry of new benchmark marks in the official World Cube Association database.

The 2x2x2 Cube event stood out as a record-setting battleground throughout the tournament. In that discipline alone, multiple competitors established new personal records for both single solves and averages. Mauricio Vilte Rocabado set a blistering single of 2.94 seconds alongside a 3.31 average, matching the 2.94 single logged by Seferino Victor Flores Condori, who also posted a 4.42 average. Jhersson Cabezas Luizaga recorded marks of 3.67 single and 4.65 average, while Jhonatan Mamani Cotave delivered a 4.40 single and 4.92 average, establishing new standards on the regional stage.

The 2x2x2 records continued across the scorecards as Jose Antonio Huanca Villa notched a 3.19 single and 4.97 average, and Joseph Daniel Blas Sanchez from Peru logged a 3.72 single and 5.05 average. Alvaro Javier Viscarra Catacora contributed a 4.85 single and 5.07 average, Nelson Rodrigo Rios recorded 4.08 and 5.24, Thiago Alexis Martínez Ramírez posted 3.76 and 5.26, and Juan Martin Ayala Balcazar completed the run with a 5.48 single and 6.18 average. In the final round, Cabezas Luizaga secured the gold medal with a 3.20 winning average, edging Vilte Rocabado at 3.25 and Flores Condori at 3.85.

The main event, the classic 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube, featured thirty-four competitors navigating three rounds of tense speed cubing. In the final, Luis Ernesto Gutierrez Tolaba captured the title with a winning average of 10.63 seconds and a best single of 10.42. Jahilton Santiago Rivera Miranda claimed the runner-up position with an 11.06 average, while Joseph Daniel Blas Sanchez took third place with an 11.18 average. These competitive 3x3 results capped a showcase of precision solving in Tarija, Bolivia.

Beyond the primary puzzle, Gutierrez Tolaba enjoyed an exceptional multi-event campaign at Bolivia Cubing Tour - Tarija 2025. He claimed victory in Megaminx with a dominant 47.84 winning average, finishing ahead of Blas Sanchez at 1:13.52 and Jorge Miguel Trigo at 1:22.33. Gutierrez Tolaba also took first place in 3x3x3 Blindfolded with a winning single of 2:02.00, leading Cabezas Luizaga at 2:46.94 and Nelson Rodrigo Rios at 3:39.68 in a discipline that demands flawless memorisation and execution.

While the top podiums drew attention, the weekend was equally defined by breakthrough moments across the broader field. Rodrigo Parraga showed massive progression by dropping his Skewb personal best by 56.5 percent down to 7.24 seconds on his way to a fourth-place finish, while also taking on five events and improving his 3x3x3 One-Handed best by 12.3 percent to 32.02. Fernando Choque Gaspar delivered across four disciplines, taking sixth in Skewb with a first-time mark of 16.65, improving his 2x2x2 best by 26.1 percent to 4.16, and lowering his 3x3x3 mark by 9.1 percent to 13.54. Ronald Pedro Cruz Cruz contested seven events, securing fourth place in Clock in his first official attempt at 19.07 while trimming 21.6 percent off his one-handed best with a 34.70. Luis Alberto Tejerina Ibarra tackled three events, registering his first official attempts in 2x2x2 at 9.71 and 4x4x4 at 1:52.24, alongside a 22.8 percent improvement in 3x3x3 to 23.28.

Other competitors similarly made their mark through major personal milestones across the tournament. Arleth Magaly Polanco Condori cut 15.5 percent from her 4x4x4 best to reach 1:00.23 and improved her 3x3x3 time by 7.8 percent to 14.62. Elissa Nicole Torrejón Zenteno claimed fourth place in Pyraminx while lowering her best to 5.68 seconds, an improvement of 15.5 percent, alongside an 18.8 percent cut to 4.87 in 2x2x2. Augusto Justiniano entered two events, logging his first Pyraminx result of 15.30 and shaving 10.1 percent from his 3x3x3 best down to 27.99. Joaquín Alejandro Fernández Escalante made his official WCA competition debut at this event, completing his first 3x3x3 solve in 22.73 seconds.

International representation added depth to the podium battles, with Bolivian competitors earning twenty-two podium spots and Peru taking eight. Joseph Daniel Blas Sanchez collected victories in 4x4x4 Cube with a 41.45 average, 5x5x5 Cube in 1:15.24, and Skewb with a 5.67 average. Alvaro Javier Viscarra Catacora claimed the 3x3x3 One-Handed title with a 16.20 average, and Jhersson Cabezas Luizaga topped both Pyraminx with 3.65 and Clock with 8.09. Bolivia Cubing Tour - Tarija 2025 concluded as a comprehensive demonstration of speed and variety across the puzzle community.