Competitions · Mexico

CUCEI Championship 2014

Guadalajara, Jalisco · 13 December 2014 · 16 events · 90 competitors · 178 personal bests

Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza won five of the 16 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Miguel de Jesús Ruiz Huerta by 0.03 seconds. 90 competitors produced 178 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 34 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza set the Megaminx single national record: 1:01.29.

Five wins

Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx, Pyraminx

0.03s

closest final — Skewb, Miguel de Jesús Ruiz Huerta over Víctor Manuel Zapién Luna

178

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Angel Arrioja Landa	11.00	12.24
2×2	Samuel Adrián Pérez Loya	2.12	3.31
4×4	Angel Arrioja Landa	39.24	43.70
5×5	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	1:20.31	1:25.34
6×6	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	2:36.06	2:52.93
7×7	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	3:33.86	3:41.12
3×3 blindfolded	Misael Gómez Soria	1:11.94	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Virgilio Zúñiga Grajeda	34 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Mauricio Coronel Lovera	17.90	20.23
Megaminx	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	1:01.29	1:06.54
Pyraminx	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	4.36	5.82
Skewb	Miguel de Jesús Ruiz Huerta	5.49	7.85
Square-1	Angel Arrioja Landa	12.35	18.37
4×4 blindfolded	Misael Gómez Soria	17:26.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Misael Gómez Soria	9 of 12 cubes · 53:01	—
3×3 with feet	Stephano Saucedo Reyes	1:25.53	1:29.17

The PB harvest

178 set · 42 still standing

Luis Gerardo Martínez Hernández — Skewb single 3.51: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Tenochtitlán Grijalva Masso — 3×3 one-handed single 15.73: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Christian Gómez Soria — 3×3 single 11.52: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Miguel de Jesús Ruiz Huerta — Pyraminx single 5.05: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
Daniel Garza Garza — 3×3 single 11.99: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
Aldair Coronel Ruíz — 3×3 one-handed single 17.76: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
Samuel Adrián Pérez Loya — Pyraminx single 5.80: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
Victor Rafael Ortiz Villaseñor — Square-1 single 17.09: into the top 21.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

34 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

90 competitors · 649 results · 16 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. Angel Arrioja Landa won it with a 12.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

90 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.