Competitions · Guatemala

Arkadia 2022

Guatemala City · 7 May 2022 · 8 events · 45 competitors · 66 personal bests

Jose Javier Melendez Maldonado won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Rubén Moir Ramirez by 0.02 seconds. 45 competitors produced 66 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Efrain Lopez set the 3×3 single national record: 7.36.

Three wins

Jose Javier Melendez Maldonado — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.02s

closest final — 2×2, Rubén Moir Ramirez over Brian Bernabé Bolaños Arreaga

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jose Javier Melendez Maldonado	8.14	8.96
2×2	Rubén Moir Ramirez	2.22	2.96
4×4	Jose Javier Melendez Maldonado	30.51	37.04
5×5	Daniel Escobar	1:05.31	1:09.14
3×3 one-handed	Jose Javier Melendez Maldonado	13.74	16.43
Clock	Aldo José Gramajo de León	7.13	7.95
Pyraminx	Edgardo Gálvez	2.07	4.24
Square-1	Javier Siquité	13.08	21.43

The PB harvest

66 set · 31 still standing

Brian Bernabé Bolaños Arreaga — Pyraminx single 1.82: into the top 0.86% of the event's history.
Eduardo Cabrera — Pyraminx single 2.39: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Ronald Josué Sicá Alvarado — Pyraminx single 2.41: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Pablo Say — Pyraminx single 2.76: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Aldo José Gramajo de León — 3×3 one-handed single 12.28: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Jose Javier Melendez Maldonado — Pyraminx single 2.94: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Rubén Moir Ramirez — 3×3 single 8.53: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
David Gálvez — 3×3 single 8.86: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

45 competitors · 303 results · 8 events.

Everyone who competed

45 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.