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BUAP: Ingenieros Open 2024

Puebla · 30 November 2024 · 9 events · 54 competitors · 88 personal bests

Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza won three of the nine events (5×5, 6×6, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Saúl Méndez Atlatenco by 0.26 seconds. 54 competitors produced 88 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Miguel Angel Edelman Vindel set the 4×4 single national record: 35.49.

Three wins
Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza — 5×5, 6×6, Pyraminx
0.26s
closest final — 3×3, Saúl Méndez Atlatenco over Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza
88
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Saúl Méndez Atlatenco7.137.82
2×2Gamaliel Jimenez Oropeza1.201.89
4×4Juan de Dios Noriega Sánchez21.6126.13
5×5Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza42.4049.85
6×6Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza1:29.891:35.65
ClockDavid Adán Rivera5.365.73
PyraminxAlexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza2.883.93
SkewbLuis Angel Huerta Barrales2.783.67
Square-1Jorge Luis Castillo Carrasco5.548.55

The PB harvest

88 set · 35 still standing

First-timers

Two people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

54 competitors · 478 results · 9 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. Saúl Méndez Atlatenco won it with a 7.82 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

54 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.