Competitions · Panama

Cubing USMA 2023

David, Chiriquí · 15 April 2023 · 7 events · 15 competitors · 15 personal bests

Davis Joel Fonseca Rios won three of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Egdar Castillo by 0.19 seconds. 15 competitors produced 15 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Davis Joel Fonseca Rios set the 2×2 average national record: 3.14.

Three wins

Davis Joel Fonseca Rios — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.19s

closest final — 4×4, Egdar Castillo over Andres Sanchez Ponce

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Davis Joel Fonseca Rios	9.68	11.36
2×2	Davis Joel Fonseca Rios	2.73	3.14
4×4	Egdar Castillo	39.91	40.99
3×3 one-handed	Davis Joel Fonseca Rios	19.03	19.63
Clock	Egdar Castillo	7.78	8.67
Megaminx	Andres Sanchez Ponce	54.33	1:07.09
Pyraminx	Karla Victoria Suárez Rosario	3.26	3.45

The PB harvest

15 set · 6 still standing

Davis Joel Fonseca Rios — Pyraminx single 4.41: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Egdar Antonio Castillo Gonzalez — 3×3 single 11.33: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Gian Franco Loo Rodriguez — Pyraminx single 5.60: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.
Gian Franco Loo Rodriguez — 3×3 single 14.73: into the top 23.5% of the event's history.
Davis Joel Fonseca Rios — Clock single 13.65: into the top 42.4% of the event's history.
Gian Franco Loo Rodriguez — 4×4 single 1:17.42: into the top 53.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five 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

15 competitors · 84 results · 7 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. Davis Joel Fonseca Rios won it with a 11.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

15 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.