Competitions · Costa Rica

Costa Rica Nationals 2018

San José · 14 July 2018 · 13 events · 61 competitors · 117 personal bests

Kyle McDonald Trejos won three of the 13 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Bryan Sales by 0.12 seconds. 61 competitors produced 117 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alejandro Di Mare set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 2:31.87.

Three wins

Kyle McDonald Trejos — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.12s

closest final — Pyraminx, Bryan Sales over Andres Rodriguez

117

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Andrés Irías Li	8.94	9.47
2×2	Jostin Alvarez	2.10	2.83
4×4	David Herrera Castro	35.99	38.91
5×5	Kyle McDonald Trejos	1:11.32	1:12.37
6×6	Kyle McDonald Trejos	2:20.58	2:35.00
7×7	Kyle McDonald Trejos	3:46.38	4:01.04
3×3 blindfolded	Natán Riggenbach	1:29.48	—
3×3 one-handed	Jostin Alvarez	12.12	14.83
Clock	Sebastian Guerrero	9.69	12.34
Megaminx	David Calderón Arce	43.74	53.08
Pyraminx	Bryan Sales	3.66	4.90
Skewb	David Calderón Arce	3.53	4.56
Square-1	Brandon Alejandro Carpio Garita	12.09	16.31

The PB harvest

117 set · 32 still standing

David Herrera Castro — 3×3 single 7.24: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Jostin Alvarez — 3×3 one-handed single 12.12: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Andrey Lopez Rodríguez — 2×2 single 2.06: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Bryan Sales — 3×3 single 9.51: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Wilson Chavarria — 2×2 single 2.24: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Jostin Alvarez — 5×5 single 1:01.96: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
David Herrera Castro — 4×4 single 35.99: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Adoni Chaves Artiaga — 3×3 single 10.76: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

13 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

61 competitors · 486 results · 13 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. Andrés Irías Li won it with a 9.47 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

61 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.