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Competitions · Mexico

Cubing by the Cues 2024

Querétaro · 21 January 2024 · 5 events · 61 competitors · 55 personal bests

Joaquin Ruenes Hernández won three of the five events (2×2, Pyraminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera by 0.15 seconds. 61 competitors produced 55 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Joaquin Ruenes Hernández set the Pyraminx single national record: 1.15.

Three wins
Joaquin Ruenes Hernández — 2×2, Pyraminx, Skewb
0.15s
closest final — 3×3, Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera over Joaquin Ruenes Hernández
55
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera6.677.52
2×2Joaquin Ruenes Hernández1.471.75
3×3 blindfoldedRodrigo Ángeles Montes de Oca58.76
PyraminxJoaquin Ruenes Hernández1.152.13
SkewbJoaquin Ruenes Hernández2.343.03

The PB harvest

55 set · 15 still standing

First-timers

Eleven 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

61 competitors · 252 results · 5 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. Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera won it with a 7.52 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

61 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.