Competitions · Mexico

Cubing Zacatecas 2024

Zacatecas · 7 December 2024 · 8 events · 55 competitors · 59 personal bests

Isaac Vergara Castillo won four of the eight events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Joao Gamiño Rodríguez by 0.02 seconds. 55 competitors produced 59 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Mario Alejandro Sierra Landeros took a Pyraminx single of 9.75 down to 3.86, 60 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Isaac Vergara Castillo — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.02s

closest final — Skewb, Joao Gamiño Rodríguez over Kevin Fernando Gómez Ayón

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Pablo César Martínez Ramírez	7.20	8.88
2×2	Isaac Vergara Castillo	2.49	3.04
4×4	Isaac Vergara Castillo	29.46	32.78
5×5	Isaac Vergara Castillo	50.12	53.23
3×3 one-handed	Isaac Vergara Castillo	14.73	15.36
Megaminx	Leonardo Sánchez Del Toro	45.57	48.34
Pyraminx	Luis Fernando Garfias Arias	2.38	3.98
Skewb	Joao Gamiño Rodríguez	4.52	5.45

The PB harvest

59 set · 32 still standing

Luis Fernando Garfias Arias — Pyraminx single 2.38: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Gerardo Villavicencio Gutierrez — 4×4 single 32.45: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Joao Gamiño Rodríguez — Pyraminx single 3.53: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Luis Fernando Garfias Arias — 4×4 single 34.47: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Mario Alejandro Sierra Landeros — Pyraminx single 3.86: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Jonathan Monroy Morales — 4×4 single 35.57: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Carlos Alejandro Martinez Martinez — 4×4 single 37.83: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Jonathan Efraín Soto Rivera — 4×4 single 38.83: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

55 competitors · 423 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. Pablo César Martínez Ramírez won it with a 8.88 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

55 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.