Competitions · Mexico

ArquiCube Xalapa 2026

Xalapa, Veracruz · 19 September 2026 · 8 events · 43 competitors · 64 personal bests

Joaquin Ruenes Hernández won three of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Joaquin Ruenes Hernández by 0.69 seconds. 43 competitors produced 64 personal bests, 63 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Saúl Arahel Vásquez Juarez took a 3×3 single of 35.40 down to 10.37, 71 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Joaquin Ruenes Hernández — 3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx

0.69s

closest final — 2×2, Joaquin Ruenes Hernández over Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	6.07	7.08
2×2	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	1.38	1.62
4×4	Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera	27.70	31.40
7×7	Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera	2:53.85	2:59.34
3×3 blindfolded	Shalem Birzavit Meneses Pérez	1:36.42	—
3×3 one-handed	Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera	8.33	10.02
Megaminx	Manuel Alejandro Torres Sotelo	50.72	54.49
Pyraminx	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	1.78	2.40

The PB harvest

64 set · 63 still standing

Daniel Estrada Chávez — 3×3 single 7.03: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Carlos Andres Hernandez Morales — 4×4 single 29.37: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Fernando Matadamas Luévanos — 3×3 single 7.87: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Manuel Alejandro Torres Sotelo — 3×3 single 8.15: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Rodrigo Alarcon Benito — 3×3 single 8.25: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Roberto Yahir Vázquez León — 2×2 single 2.27: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Luis Enrique Ramirez Aguilar — Pyraminx single 3.93: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Luis Enrique Ramirez Aguilar — 3×3 one-handed single 14.64: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 22,685 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

43 competitors · 324 results · 8 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. Joaquin Ruenes Hernández won it with a 7.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

43 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.