Competitions · Costa Rica

Costa Rican Championship 2023

San José · 1 December 2023 · 14 events · 53 competitors · 100 personal bests

Michael Zúñiga Meléndez won three of the 14 events (2×2, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Dagne Poveda by 0.11 seconds. 53 competitors produced 100 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Michael Zúñiga Meléndez set the 5×5 single national record: 55.96.

Three wins

Michael Zúñiga Meléndez — 2×2, 6×6, 7×7

0.11s

closest final — Skewb, Dagne Poveda over Daniel Sibaja Salazar

100

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Daniel Josué Sandí Alvarado	8.15	8.71
2×2	Michael Zúñiga Meléndez	1.84	2.06
4×4	Sebastián Herrera Pomares	29.35	34.81
5×5	Kyle McDonald Trejos	56.79	1:00.63
6×6	Michael Zúñiga Meléndez	1:41.37	1:44.82
7×7	Michael Zúñiga Meléndez	2:53.81	3:01.30
3×3 blindfolded	Andrés Hernández Cabrera	3:10.25	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Christian Rodríguez	35 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Carlos Andres Gonzaga	14.69	16.09
Clock	Dagne Poveda	8.46	9.22
Megaminx	Dagne Poveda	49.07	50.00
Pyraminx	Isaí Abarca Smith	2.90	3.12
Skewb	Dagne Poveda	3.06	4.50
Square-1	Brayden Gordley	9.76	12.72

The PB harvest

100 set · 46 still standing

Aarón Alfaro Navarro — 4×4 single 31.92: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Andrés Irías Li — Megaminx single 49.14: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Aarón Alfaro Navarro — 5×5 single 59.47: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Brayden Gordley — Square-1 single 9.76: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Mathias Fernández Jiménez — Pyraminx single 3.73: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Christian Rodríguez — Pyraminx single 4.07: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Daniel Josué Sandí Alvarado — 2×2 single 2.42: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Mathias Fernández Jiménez — 3×3 single 10.27: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven 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

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

53 competitors · 445 results · 14 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. Daniel Josué Sandí Alvarado won it with a 8.71 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

53 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.