Competitions · Costa Rica

Cubing Universal San Jose 2022

San Jose · 6 November 2022 · 9 events · 44 competitors · 48 personal bests

Daniel Josué Sandí Alvarado won the 3×3 with a 7.94 and the closest final was the Skewb, won by David Calderón Arce by 0.04 seconds. 44 competitors produced 48 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Daniel Josué Sandí Alvarado set the 3×3 average national record: 7.94.

events decided

0.04s

closest final — Skewb, David Calderón Arce over Christian Rodríguez

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Daniel Josué Sandí Alvarado	6.89	7.94
2×2	Michael Zúñiga Meléndez	2.16	2.58
6×6	Kyle McDonald Trejos	1:50.88	1:56.01
3×3 blindfolded	Erik Akkersdijk	2:27.81	—
3×3 one-handed	Carlos Andres Gonzaga	13.98	15.06
Clock	Dagne Poveda	7.85	10.08
Pyraminx	Isaí Abarca Smith	2.99	3.24
Skewb	David Calderón Arce	3.19	4.41
Square-1	Brayden Gordley	12.21	14.85

The PB harvest

48 set · 15 still standing

Isaí Abarca Smith — 3×3 single 7.80: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Kyle McDonald Trejos — 3×3 one-handed single 12.68: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Dilan Masis Alfaro — 2×2 single 2.49: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Dagne Poveda — Clock single 7.85: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
Kenneth Sancho — 3×3 one-handed single 20.59: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
Jose Gabriel Alvarez Castrillo — 3×3 one-handed single 21.33: into the top 24.1% of the event's history.
Ethan Benavides Segura — 3×3 one-handed single 22.59: into the top 27.6% of the event's history.
Matias Guido Avila — 2×2 single 4.60: into the top 34.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

44 competitors · 220 results · 9 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. Daniel Josué Sandí Alvarado won it with a 7.94 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

44 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.