Cubing Millennium Caracas 2024

Forty-four competitors gathered on August 10, 2024, to deliver a complete national sweep across five official events at the C.C. Millennium Mall. Cubing Millennium Caracas 2024 brought top-tier speedcubing action to Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela, where home competitors secured all fifteen available podium positions. Across seven total rounds of competition, local solvers demonstrated depth and precision, ensuring that every single top-three medal stayed strictly within the host nation.

The premier 3x3x3 Cube event drew the full field of 44 entrants across three hard-fought rounds. Bernardo Torres emerged victorious in the final round, recording a decisive winning average of 9.06 seconds alongside a tournament-best single of 8.00 seconds. Leandro Paredes secured the silver medal with a 10.34-second average, while Rafael Antonio Sanchez claimed the bronze with an average of 10.57. These classic 3x3 results highlighted an elite level of dexterity on the traditional Rubik's Cube.

Bernardo Torres added two more championship titles to his tally during the busy day. In the Pyraminx competition, Torres led a field of 21 solvers by taking first place with an average of 5.43 seconds, outpacing Miguel González who finished second in 6.08 seconds and Rafael Rojas who took third in 6.76. Torres also clinched top honors in Clock, registering an average of 10.76 seconds with a best single of 7.87 seconds, ahead of Enrymar Cisneros at 14.13 and Rafael Alvarez at 21.82.

Rafael Antonio Sanchez matched that multi-event excellence by capturing gold medals in both Megaminx and Skewb. Sanchez topped the Megaminx podium with a 46.40-second average and a single of 43.77, finishing ahead of Torres who took second with 50.20 and Paredes who finished third with 1:08.27. In the Skewb event, Sanchez posted a winning average of 5.67 seconds, highlighted by a rapid 2.93 single, fending off Fabián Villavicencio at 6.15 and Alvarez at 6.26.

Away from the top steps of the podium, several solvers logged remarkable personal progression at Cubing Millennium Caracas 2024. Wilder Pérez entered four events, posting a personal best of 10.74 seconds in Pyraminx to improve on his previous mark of 25.96 by 58.6 percent, while also recording his first ever attempt at Skewb in 8.57 for a seventh-place finish and a first ever Megaminx attempt in 2:03.66. Amarantha Valentina Rodríguez Peña completed her first ever attempt at Skewb with a 12.80 to finish ninth, and lowered her Pyraminx best to 9.67, which was 38.4 percent faster than her prior 15.69.

Significant gains continued through the standings across a variety of disciplines. Diego Rovira Echenagucia took on two events, completing a first ever attempt at Skewb with a 28.23 and setting a 3x3x3 Cube best of 28.08, which was 25.1 percent faster than his previous 37.49 mark. Sebastián Eduardo González Millan achieved a 3x3x3 Cube personal best of 22.69, eclipsing his prior 38.30 by 40.8 percent, while also improving his Pyraminx time to 10.36. Patricia Barrios tackled two events, logging an eighth-place finish on her first ever attempt at Clock with a 1:00.14 result and improving her 3x3x3 Cube best to 1:19.35.

Other competitors expanded their repertoires and set milestones during this WCA competition. Luis Felipe Palacios Peña tackled four events, recording a sixth-place finish on his first ever attempt at Skewb in 6.52, a first ever attempt at Megaminx in 2:56.03, and an improved 3x3x3 Cube mark of 14.63. Johangel Ramos cut his 3x3x3 Cube personal best to 16.32, which was 31.8 percent faster than his previous 23.93. Meanwhile, Jhon Keyber Velasquez Azuaje reduced his 3x3x3 Cube best to 20.84, representing a 28.4 percent drop from his earlier 29.11.

Debutants also made their mark as Santiago Salvador Molina Nieves, Joshua Bol, Leónidas Peña, and Diego Hernández all completed their first official tournaments at Cubing Millennium Caracas 2024. Peña opened his career with a ninth-place 7.99 single in Pyraminx alongside a 13.94 in 3x3x3 Cube. Molina Nieves tackled Pyraminx and 3x3x3 Cube, recording times of 17.38 and 43.45, while Bol notched 20.27 in Pyraminx and 30.34 in 3x3x3 Cube. Hernández posted a 59.58 3x3x3 Cube single and earned ninth place in Megaminx.

The one-day cubing competition concluded with memorable performances across all seven rounds of play. From the five event titles shared between Bernardo Torres and Rafael Antonio Sanchez to the broad personal achievements across the roster, the meet highlighted the healthy state of speed cubing in the capital region. Solvers throughout Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela left Millennium Mall having established a high competitive benchmark for the 2024 season.