Competitions · Mexico

Cronos Querétaro 2023

Querétaro · 15 July 2023 · 10 events · 112 competitors · 203 personal bests

Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez won three of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Saul Emmanuel Ramirez Gonzalez by 0.13 seconds. 112 competitors produced 203 personal bests, 63 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez set the 4×4 single national record: 22.95.

Three wins

Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.13s

closest final — 2×2, Saul Emmanuel Ramirez Gonzalez over Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza

203

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez	6.93	7.41
2×2	Saul Emmanuel Ramirez Gonzalez	1.43	2.55
4×4	Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez	22.95	28.04
5×5	Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez	42.75	54.36
3×3 one-handed	Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera	8.17	11.66
Clock	Eric Zahid López Parra	3.79	6.15
Megaminx	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	40.85	42.66
Pyraminx	Jesús Jorge García López	2.96	3.35
Skewb	Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez	1.53	2.63
Square-1	Ian Vaugier Aguilar	10.02	10.29

The PB harvest

203 set · 63 still standing

Eric Zahid López Parra — Skewb single 1.77: into the top 0.86% of the event's history.
Luis Andrei Castillo Arellano — 3×3 single 7.65: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Ian Vaugier Aguilar — Square-1 single 7.62: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Arcadio Soriano Velázquez — 3×3 one-handed single 12.66: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Daniel Penilla Jiménez — Skewb single 3.09: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Jonathan Abdiel Bernal Vigil — Skewb single 3.13: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Jonathan Abdiel Bernal Vigil — 3×3 single 9.46: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Mauro Daniel Basurto Chavez — 3×3 single 10.02: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

112 competitors · 814 results · 10 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. Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez won it with a 7.41 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

112 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.