Competitions · Costa Rica

Cube Days at SEK 2026

San José, Curridabat · 26 September 2026 · 13 events · 41 competitors · 91 personal bests

Kyle McDonald Trejos won three of the 13 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by David Calderón Arce by 0.07 seconds. 41 competitors produced 91 personal bests, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kyle McDonald Trejos set the 5×5 single national record: 48.85.

Three wins

Kyle McDonald Trejos — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.07s

closest final — 2×2, David Calderón Arce over Kyle McDonald Trejos

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Christian Rodríguez	6.95	8.33
2×2	David Calderón Arce	2.25	3.00
4×4	Sebastián Herrera Pomares	28.42	30.51
5×5	Kyle McDonald Trejos	48.85	1:00.81
6×6	Kyle McDonald Trejos	1:41.81	1:46.49
7×7	Kyle McDonald Trejos	2:32.22	2:37.27
3×3 Fewest Moves	Sebastián Herrera Pomares	31 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Gabriel Cerdas Zúñiga	12.82	13.80
Clock	Dagne Poveda	7.76	9.04
Megaminx	David Calderón Arce	36.64	42.00
Pyraminx	Fabián Alonso Madriz Chaves	3.31	4.03
Skewb	Dagne Poveda	3.94	4.17
Square-1	Jose Daniel Solano Rodríguez	9.54	11.32

The PB harvest

91 set · 91 still standing

Kyle McDonald Trejos — Pyraminx single 2.31: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
David Calderón Arce — 3×3 single 7.33: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Carlos Andres Gonzaga — 3×3 one-handed single 11.24: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Carlos Andres Gonzaga — Pyraminx single 2.51: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
David Calderón Arce — 3×3 one-handed single 11.73: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Jose Daniel Solano Rodríguez — 3×3 single 8.01: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Andrés Hernández Cabrera — 3×3 single 8.78: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Eduardo David Ramírez Henríquez — 3×3 single 8.92: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 22,685 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

41 competitors · 321 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. Christian Rodríguez won it with a 8.33 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

41 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.