Competitions · Mexico

Cubing Tlaxcala 2023

Tlaxcala · 7 January 2023 · 8 events · 89 competitors · 166 personal bests

Joaquin Ruenes Hernández won two of the eight events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Megaminx, won by Luis Eduardo Martínez Castellanos by 0.26 seconds. 89 competitors produced 166 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Juan de Dios Noriega Sánchez set the 4×4 average national record: 27.73.

Two wins

Joaquin Ruenes Hernández — 3×3, 2×2

0.26s

closest final — Megaminx, Luis Eduardo Martínez Castellanos over Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza

166

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	6.96	7.80
2×2	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	1.21	1.45
4×4	Juan de Dios Noriega Sánchez	25.99	27.94
3×3 one-handed	Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera	10.02	12.16
Clock	Alfredo Vasquez Mendoza	5.26	6.95
Megaminx	Luis Eduardo Martínez Castellanos	42.02	45.79
Skewb	Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez	1.74	2.90
Square-1	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	8.84	12.00

The PB harvest

166 set · 39 still standing

Esteban Elías González Méndez — 3×3 single 7.21: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Ernesto Adrian Romero Caballero — 3×3 single 7.61: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Arcadio Soriano Velázquez — Square-1 single 8.93: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Mauricio Andrés Covarrubias Benavides — 2×2 single 2.31: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Cuauhtémoc Velasco Xolalpa — 2×2 single 2.35: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Armando Martinez Perez — 2×2 single 2.49: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
César Mora Escobar — Square-1 single 12.72: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Luis Antony Xicohtencatl Gutierrez — 3×3 single 11.33: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

89 competitors · 782 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. Joaquin Ruenes Hernández won it with a 7.80 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

89 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.