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Auditorium de la Paz Cubea 2022

San Salvador · 14 August 2022 · 6 events · 31 competitors · 37 personal bests

José Eduardo Palacios Castro won two of the six events (3×3, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by José Eduardo Palacios Castro by 0.13 seconds. 31 competitors produced 37 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Fernando Daniel Domínguez Castaneda set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 14.19.

Two wins
José Eduardo Palacios Castro — 3×3, Square-1
0.13s
closest final — 3×3, José Eduardo Palacios Castro over Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez
37
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3José Eduardo Palacios Castro9.219.87
5×5Oscar Nieto1:08.721:14.19
3×3 one-handedFernando Daniel Domínguez Castaneda14.1918.24
ClockJosé Enrique Jiménez7.728.66
MegaminxShalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez57.2659.63
Square-1José Eduardo Palacios Castro8.8014.98

The PB harvest

37 set · 13 still standing

First-timers

Two 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

31 competitors · 150 results · 6 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. José Eduardo Palacios Castro won it with a 9.87 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

31 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.