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Centauros Returns 2023

Durango · 24 June 2023 · 7 events · 25 competitors · 41 personal bests

Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza won four of the seven events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Marcos Meibel Corral Murillo by 0.33 seconds. 25 competitors produced 41 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Luis Eduardo Estrada Granados took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:22.64 down to 46.60, 44 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx
0.33s
closest final — 3×3, Marcos Meibel Corral Murillo over Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza
41
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Marcos Meibel Corral Murillo6.268.21
2×2Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza1.962.42
4×4Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza31.6032.85
5×5Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza50.9858.32
3×3 blindfoldedSergio Antonio Galvan Beltran57.161:00.67
3×3 one-handedMarcos Meibel Corral Murillo11.9713.72
MegaminxAlexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza40.4343.36

The PB harvest

41 set · 26 still standing

First-timers

Eight 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

25 competitors · 171 results · 7 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. Marcos Meibel Corral Murillo won it with a 8.21 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

25 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.