Competitions · Mexico
Cubing by the Border Tijuana 2025
Tijuana · 26 April 2025 · 9 events · 27 competitors · 31 personal bests
Ian Yazid Zavala won two of the nine events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Ian Yazid Zavala by 0.20 seconds. 27 competitors produced 31 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Omar Ornelas Sifuentes took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 2:35.10 down to 1:04.63, 58 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Ian Yazid Zavala | 8.35 | 9.04 |
| 2×2 | Angel Muñoz | 2.00 | 2.70 |
| 4×4 | Claudio Ramón Castillo Salazar | 31.42 | 37.20 |
| 6×6 | Claudio Ramón Castillo Salazar | 1:55.37 | 1:59.93 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Azael Toysehua | 33.21 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Ian Yazid Zavala | 11.38 | 14.16 |
| Clock | Saul Emmanuel Ramirez Gonzalez | 3.91 | 4.85 |
| Megaminx | Andrik Dilan Plata Santana | 41.46 | 46.64 |
| 5×5 blindfolded | Luis Sinhue Medina Salas | 14:22.00 | — |
The PB harvest
31 set · 9 still standing- Joshua Huante Carmona — 3×3 one-handed single 11.08: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
- Omar Ornelas Sifuentes — 4×4 single 30.63: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
- Joshua Huante Carmona — 2×2 single 1.82: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
- Diego Emiliano Alarcon Gil — 3×3 single 8.69: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
- Luis Sinhue Medina Salas — 3×3 one-handed single 15.09: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
- Angel Muñoz — Clock single 8.11: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
- Saul Emmanuel Ramirez Gonzalez — 6×6 single 2:27.26: into the top 24.2% of the event's history.
- Eva Palomino — Megaminx single 1:38.63: into the top 33.8% of the event's history.
First-timers
Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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
27 competitors · 204 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. Ian Yazid Zavala won it with a 9.04 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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R2 U' L2 D2 B2 R2 B2 D R F R U2 F L2 R2 D B' L B2 - 2
R' B U2 F' R' U2 R' D2 L2 B2 U2 L B' D' B2 U' B L' F - 3
U2 R2 D L2 U L2 D F' D2 R B2 R' U2 L' F2 U B' F L' - 4
L D B' L2 F2 U2 R2 F2 D' U' F2 L B2 R B R B2 U2 B - 5
D' F' L2 F2 L' U2 L2 B2 L' B2 D R U2 L2 U2 B F2 D' B2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
27 competitors- Adrián Gutierrez Jauregui
- Andrik Dilan Plata Santana
- Angel Muñoz
- Azael Toysehua
- Christofer Alejandro Aguirre Robledo
- Claudio Ramón Castillo Salazar
- Daniel Isaac Garcia Arechiga
- Diego Emiliano Alarcon Gil
- Diego Rodríguez Rodríguez
- Edgar Eduardo Garcia Garcia
- Eva Palomino
- Gerardo Ornelas Sifuentes
- Hector Andres Torres Perez
- Ian Yazid Zavala
- Jesús Armando Aguirre Ibarra
- Joshua Huante Carmona
- Leonel Tinoco Contreras
- Lionel Lopez
- Luis Enrique Cruz Acosta
- Luis Sinhue Medina Salas
- Miguel Angel Meave Ortega
- Omar Ornelas Sifuentes
- Rodrigo Cortés García
- Saul Emmanuel Ramirez Gonzalez
- Tony Hernández Solis
- Vadhir Roberto Lopez Ortega
- Victor Daniel Rendon Enriquez
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.