Competitions · Mexico

Big Tunas 2023

San Luis Potosí · 18 March 2023 · 6 events · 69 competitors · 82 personal bests

Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez won two of the six events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the 6×6, won by Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza by 0.20 seconds. 69 competitors produced 82 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Eduardo Ortiz Salles took a Megaminx single of 2:40.73 down to 1:36.56, 40 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez — 3×3, 5×5

0.20s

closest final — 6×6, Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza over Isaac Vergara Castillo

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez	6.25	6.82
5×5	Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez	48.08	55.45
6×6	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	1:38.33	1:43.30
7×7	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	2:26.16	2:29.02
3×3 blindfolded	Jack Cai	20.29	—
Megaminx	Luis Eduardo Martínez Castellanos	34.69	42.27

The PB harvest

82 set · 12 still standing

Isaac Vergara Castillo — 3×3 single 6.65: into the top 0.98% of the event's history.
Eduardo Rafael Mendiola Rosas — 6×6 single 1:36.14: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Ricardo Serrato Ávila — 3×3 single 11.98: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
Eduardo González Parra — Megaminx single 1:07.85: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
Jonathan Efraín Soto Rivera — 7×7 single 3:32.80: into the top 20.7% of the event's history.
Ricardo Serrato Ávila — 5×5 single 1:24.35: into the top 22.7% of the event's history.
Ricardo Serrato Ávila — 7×7 single 3:42.28: into the top 24.3% of the event's history.
Carlos Emiliano Esquivel Badillo — 7×7 single 3:56.89: into the top 29.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 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

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

The field

69 competitors · 346 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. Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez won it with a 6.82 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.