Competitions · Guatemala

Caré Open 2025

Guatemala City · 26 April 2025 · 6 events · 57 competitors · 65 personal bests

Jose Javier Melendez Maldonado won two of the six events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jose Javier Melendez Maldonado by 0.22 seconds. 57 competitors produced 65 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Daniel Escobar set the 4×4 single national record: 27.39.

Two wins

Jose Javier Melendez Maldonado — 3×3, 2×2

0.22s

closest final — 3×3, Jose Javier Melendez Maldonado over Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jose Javier Melendez Maldonado	7.65	8.45
2×2	Jose Javier Melendez Maldonado	2.41	2.86
4×4	Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez	30.04	31.55
3×3 blindfolded	Daniel Baeza	1:11.20	—
3×3 one-handed	Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez	13.49	14.43
Clock	Natalia Sosa	7.88	9.58

The PB harvest

65 set · 40 still standing

Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez — 3×3 single 5.78: into the top 0.36% of the event's history.
Daniel Escobar — 4×4 single 27.39: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Carlos Luis Guerra Ramírez — 3×3 single 7.63: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Daniel Baeza — 2×2 single 1.63: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Daniel Escobar — 3×3 single 8.04: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Natalia Sosa — 4×4 single 30.16: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Brian Bernabé Bolaños Arreaga — 3×3 one-handed single 14.67: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Edder Esaú Díaz Ruiz — 3×3 single 10.32: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

57 competitors · 255 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. Jose Javier Melendez Maldonado won it with a 8.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

57 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.