Competitions · Mexico

Búfalo Open 2023

Mexicali · 30 September 2023 · 5 events · 46 competitors · 71 personal bests

Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera won four of the five events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera by 0.05 seconds. 46 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jesus Gabriel Acuña Ontiveros took a 2×2 single of 6.36 down to 2.45, 61 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.05s

closest final — 2×2, Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera over Ian Yazid Zavala

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera	6.72	7.12
2×2	Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera	2.02	2.96
4×4	Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera	28.40	36.41
3×3 one-handed	Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera	9.69	11.66
Pyraminx	Zaira Calderón Patiño	5.25	5.76

The PB harvest

71 set · 16 still standing

Enrique Alberto Ibarra Cuanalo — 3×3 single 7.13: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Enrique Alberto Ibarra Cuanalo — 3×3 one-handed single 12.24: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Alan Julian Calderon Rueda — 3×3 single 8.66: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Alan Julian Calderon Rueda — 3×3 one-handed single 13.16: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Diego Isai Mijangos Flores — Pyraminx single 3.43: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Alan Julian Calderon Rueda — 4×4 single 34.90: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Azael Toysehua — 4×4 single 40.13: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
Andrik Dilan Plata Santana — Pyraminx single 4.91: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 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

46 competitors · 295 results · 5 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. Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera won it with a 7.12 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

46 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.