Competitions · Mexico

Cubing Express Buenavista 2025

Buenavista, Ciudad de México · 16 August 2025 · 6 events · 76 competitors · 80 personal bests

Joaquin Ruenes Hernández won four of the six events (3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Joaquin Ruenes Hernández by 0.27 seconds. 76 competitors produced 80 personal bests, 51 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ricardo Martínez Castro took a Skewb single of 32.65 down to 13.93, 57 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Joaquin Ruenes Hernández — 3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.27s

closest final — 3×3, Joaquin Ruenes Hernández over Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	7.18	7.50
2×2	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	1.04	1.78
3×3 one-handed	Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera	8.93	10.74
Megaminx	Luis Eduardo Martínez Castellanos	35.60	37.76
Pyraminx	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	2.46	2.77
Skewb	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	2.74	3.11

The PB harvest

80 set · 51 still standing

Emmanuel Rangel Torres — 3×3 single 7.24: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Ismael Rodriguez Crisantos — 3×3 single 8.75: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Edgar Alejandro Ortega Cortes — 3×3 one-handed single 13.35: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Jesús Jorge García López — 3×3 one-handed single 14.34: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Luis Gerardo Morales Ruiz — 2×2 single 2.47: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Alberto Mijael López García — Skewb single 3.90: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Edmundo Rey Gonzalez Rodriguez — 3×3 single 11.11: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
Christian Jair Sanchez Acosta — 2×2 single 2.88: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Three people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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

76 competitors · 476 results · 6 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. Joaquin Ruenes Hernández won it with a 7.50 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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Race this final

Everyone who competed

76 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.