Competitions · Costa Rica

Cubing Tibas 2026

San José, Tibas · 23 May 2026 · 8 events · 40 competitors · 58 personal bests

David Calderón Arce won three of the eight events (3×3, Megaminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by David Calderón Arce by 0.12 seconds. 40 competitors produced 58 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Christian Rodríguez set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 10.17.

Three wins

David Calderón Arce — 3×3, Megaminx, Skewb

0.12s

closest final — 3×3, David Calderón Arce over Carlos Andres Gonzaga

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	David Calderón Arce	8.58	9.08
2×2	Kyle McDonald Trejos	2.68	3.35
4×4	Kyle McDonald Trejos	26.98	31.47
3×3 one-handed	Christian Rodríguez	10.17	13.11
Megaminx	David Calderón Arce	39.39	41.03
Pyraminx	Fabricio Guerrero Villalobos	2.53	3.42
Skewb	David Calderón Arce	3.54	4.69
Square-1	Jose Daniel Solano Rodríguez	11.94	15.83

The PB harvest

58 set · 40 still standing

Carlos Andres Gonzaga — 3×3 single 6.74: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Christian Rodríguez — 3×3 one-handed single 10.17: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Kyle McDonald Trejos — 4×4 single 26.98: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
David Calderón Arce — 4×4 single 30.42: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Christian Rodríguez — Square-1 single 9.44: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Gabriel Cerdas Zúñiga — Megaminx single 53.10: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Jose Daniel Solano Rodríguez — 2×2 single 2.24: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Gabriel Cerdas Zúñiga — 2×2 single 2.44: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

40 competitors · 200 results · 8 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. David Calderón Arce won it with a 9.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

40 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.