Competitions · Costa Rica

Grace Cubing Cedros 2023

Cedros de Montes de Oca · 23 September 2023 · 8 events · 58 competitors · 57 personal bests

Michael Zúñiga Meléndez won two of the eight events (2×2, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Christian Rodríguez by 0.11 seconds. 58 competitors produced 57 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Isaí Abarca Smith set the Pyraminx single national record: 2.26.

Two wins

Michael Zúñiga Meléndez — 2×2, Megaminx

0.11s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Christian Rodríguez over Eduardo José Poveda Rojas

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Daniel Josué Sandí Alvarado	6.94	9.17
2×2	Michael Zúñiga Meléndez	1.87	2.34
5×5	Kyle McDonald Trejos	57.46	1:03.55
3×3 one-handed	Christian Rodríguez	14.45	16.83
Megaminx	Michael Zúñiga Meléndez	47.09	52.82
Pyraminx	Isaí Abarca Smith	2.26	3.38
Skewb	Andres Sanchez Ponce	3.51	4.81
Square-1	Christian Rodríguez	10.95	15.05

The PB harvest

57 set · 26 still standing

Andrey Lopez Rodríguez — 3×3 single 9.52: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Isaí Abarca Smith — Skewb single 3.43: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Daniel Josué Sandí Alvarado — 5×5 single 1:16.08: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.
Esteban Gutiérrez Rojas — 3×3 single 12.96: into the top 17.3% of the event's history.
Daniel Sibaja Salazar — Megaminx single 1:13.48: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
Joel Núñez González — 2×2 single 3.52: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.
Matias Guido Avila — Pyraminx single 6.16: into the top 21.2% of the event's history.
Elijah Reid — 3×3 single 14.67: into the top 23.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 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

58 competitors · 230 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. Daniel Josué Sandí Alvarado won it with a 9.17 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

58 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.