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El CUBO Tour Santa Ana 2023

Santa Ana · 21 May 2023 · 4 events · 27 competitors · 13 personal bests

José Enrique Jiménez won two of the four events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Oscar Nieto by 0.25 seconds. 27 competitors produced 13 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

José Eduardo Palacios Castro set the 3×3 average national record: 7.99.

Two wins
José Enrique Jiménez — 4×4, 5×5
0.25s
closest final — 2×2, Oscar Nieto over Elvis Isaí Rosales Hernández
13
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3José Eduardo Palacios Castro7.557.99
2×2Oscar Nieto2.363.59
4×4José Enrique Jiménez36.0137.78
5×5José Enrique Jiménez1:14.021:18.96

The PB harvest

13 set · 9 still standing

First-timers

Six 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

27 competitors · 119 results · 4 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. José Eduardo Palacios Castro won it with a 7.99 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

27 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.