Competitions · Mexico

Baja Spring 2023

Tijuana · 11 March 2023 · 8 events · 75 competitors · 93 personal bests

Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza won three of the eight events (3×3, 5×5, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Yuyang Zhen (甄禹扬) by 0.01 seconds. 75 competitors produced 93 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza set the 7×7 single national record: 2:08.58.

Three wins

Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza — 3×3, 5×5, 7×7

0.01s

closest final — 2×2, Yuyang Zhen (甄禹扬) over Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	7.44	8.13
2×2	Yuyang Zhen (甄禹扬)	1.83	2.42
4×4	Paul Mahvi	27.48	28.91
5×5	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	51.05	53.64
6×6	Paul Mahvi	1:31.99	1:38.52
7×7	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	2:08.58	2:15.84
3×3 blindfolded	Graham Siggins	19.64	21.24
3×3 one-handed	Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera	10.24	12.71

The PB harvest

93 set · 15 still standing

Juan Pablo García Miranda — 3×3 single 8.12: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Vladislav Pichugov (Владислав Пичугов) — 4×4 single 31.88: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Jonathan Soto Valenzuela — 7×7 single 2:45.10: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Edgar Bustillos Morales — 3×3 single 10.07: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Edgar Bustillos Morales — 2×2 single 3.11: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
Angel Nathanel Jimenez Flores — 3×3 single 12.78: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.
Aldo David Alfaro Ramírez — 3×3 single 13.12: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
Paul García Galeana — 2×2 single 3.50: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

75 competitors · 448 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. Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza won it with a 8.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.