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Competitions · Costa Rica

Bekubes Plaza Real Alajuela 2019

Alajuela, Centro · 7 December 2019 · 12 events · 36 competitors · 80 personal bests

Kyle McDonald Trejos won four of the twelve events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Andres Daniel Navarro Flores by 0.21 seconds. 36 competitors produced 80 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kyle McDonald Trejos set the 5×5 single national record: 57.80.

Four wins
Kyle McDonald Trejos — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6
0.21s
closest final — Skewb, Andres Daniel Navarro Flores over Dagne Poveda
80
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Andrés Irías Li8.389.22
2×2Kyle McDonald Trejos1.992.80
4×4Kyle McDonald Trejos32.4435.98
5×5Kyle McDonald Trejos57.801:03.93
6×6Kyle McDonald Trejos1:51.391:55.46
3×3 blindfoldedJorge Mario Gurdián Flores1:38.181:52.51
3×3 one-handedDavid Calderón Arce14.0516.05
MegaminxDavid Calderón Arce38.6543.36
PyraminxDavid Calderón Arce3.354.70
SkewbAndres Daniel Navarro Flores2.683.93
Square-1Andres Daniel Navarro Flores11.9313.89
3×3 with feetDylan Enrriquez Chavarria1:20.591:45.76

The PB harvest

80 set · 29 still standing

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

36 competitors · 336 results · 12 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. Andrés Irías Li won it with a 9.22 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

36 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.