Competitions · Costa Rica

Golden Valley Open Heredia 2024

San Isidro, Heredia · 17 November 2024 · 8 events · 55 competitors · 56 personal bests

Christian Rodríguez won five of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Christian Rodríguez by 0.07 seconds. 55 competitors produced 56 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Christian Rodríguez set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 10.73.

Five wins

Christian Rodríguez — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb, Square-1

0.07s

closest final — Skewb, Christian Rodríguez over Dagne Poveda

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Christian Rodríguez	8.25	8.83
2×2	Christian Rodríguez	2.43	2.80
5×5	Kyle McDonald Trejos	50.68	53.86
3×3 one-handed	Christian Rodríguez	10.73	13.90
Megaminx	Dagne Poveda	41.43	44.98
Pyraminx	Isaí Abarca Smith	2.59	3.42
Skewb	Christian Rodríguez	3.71	5.14
Square-1	Christian Rodríguez	12.78	17.92

The PB harvest

56 set · 32 still standing

Dagne Poveda — Megaminx single 41.43: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Andres Sanchez Ponce — Megaminx single 47.44: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Gabriel Cerdas Zúñiga — 3×3 one-handed single 13.47: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Andrés Hernández Cabrera — Pyraminx single 3.85: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Gabriel Bandeira Lopez — Skewb single 4.23: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
Christian Rodríguez — 5×5 single 1:11.62: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
Fabricio Guerrero Villalobos — Skewb single 4.44: into the top 14.0% of the event's history.
Santiago Castro Chacon — Megaminx single 1:08.28: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

55 competitors · 225 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. Christian Rodríguez won it with a 8.83 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.