Competitions · Mexico
Guelaguetza Oaxaca 2026
Oaxaca · 18 July 2026 · 9 events · 39 competitors · 52 personal bests
Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza won three of the nine events (5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Juan de Dios Noriega Sánchez by 0.09 seconds. 39 competitors produced 52 personal bests, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Julio Leonardo López Cruz took a 2×2 single of 10.46 down to 5.27, 50 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Juan de Dios Noriega Sánchez | 6.05 | 8.03 |
| 2×2 | Nicolás Concha Acosta | 1.75 | 2.39 |
| 4×4 | Juan de Dios Noriega Sánchez | 23.78 | 25.87 |
| 5×5 | Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza | 43.78 | 48.89 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza | 15.62 | 16.44 |
| Clock | David Adán Rivera | 4.44 | 4.79 |
| Megaminx | Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza | 38.78 | 39.69 |
| Pyraminx | Irving Yael Avendaño Alonzo | 1.93 | 2.94 |
| Skewb | Jaime Tadeo Perez Cardona | 3.35 | 4.66 |
The PB harvest
52 set · 52 still standing- Aric Huerta Bonilla — Megaminx single 32.63: into the top 0.42% of the event's history.
- Ricardo Martínez González — 3×3 single 5.91: into the top 0.44% of the event's history.
- Nicolás Concha Acosta — Pyraminx single 1.88: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
- Irving Yael Avendaño Alonzo — Pyraminx single 1.93: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
- Julio Yeudiel Ahu Gómez — 3×3 single 6.90: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
- Alfredo Vasquez Mendoza — 3×3 single 7.66: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
- Sahid Aguilar Martínez — Megaminx single 45.43: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
- Aric Huerta Bonilla — 3×3 one-handed single 12.34: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
First-timers
Eight people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.
The field
39 competitors · 408 results · 9 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. Juan de Dios Noriega Sánchez won it with a 8.03 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
L2 D2 U B2 L2 U R2 L U L2 F' D2 B' L R2 F2 U' B - 2
R2 U2 R2 F' L2 B2 F U2 R2 F2 R' U2 R' B D B D2 R B L - 3
L' U' R' L' B U2 D R' F2 U F' B2 L2 B' L2 U2 L2 F' - 4
L2 B2 U' B2 L2 D' B2 U' B D R2 B L B' R' F' U' B D' - 5
B' R2 D' B' U2 R2 U2 L2 B2 F' L U F2 D L' R F' R
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
39 competitors- Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza
- Alfredo Vasquez Mendoza
- Arcadio Soriano Velázquez
- Aric Huerta Bonilla
- Arturo Soriano Rodríguez
- Christian Angeles Cardoso
- Damián Uriel López Cruz
- Daniel Orozco Ojeda
- David Adán Rivera
- Diego Oswaldo Andrés Jiménez
- Eduardo Rivera Lopez
- Erick Gamaliel Hernandez Gonzalez
- Esteban Elías González Méndez
- Favio Rubén Olvera Vega
- Fernando Matadamas Luévanos
- Irving Yael Avendaño Alonzo
- Jaime Tadeo Perez Cardona
- Jalil Emmanuel Blas Gómez
- Jesús Esquivel González
- Jorge Luis Martínez Aguilar
- José Ángel López Hernández
- José María Hernández Mata
- José Omar Juárez Aragón
- Juan de Dios Noriega Sánchez
- Juan Pablo Valera López
- Julio Leonardo López Cruz
- Julio Yeudiel Ahu Gómez
- Leonardo Sánchez Del Toro
- Mariano Gómez Castillo
- Maximiliano Michel Cruz Navarrete
- Nicolás Concha Acosta
- Oisin Gabriel Dillon
- Pedro Giovanni Velasco Flores
- Ricardo González López
- Ricardo Martínez González
- Sahid Aguilar Martínez
- Sergio Ismael Torres Sánchez
- Shalem Birzavit Meneses Pérez
- Valentino Santiago Priego
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.