Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
Competitions → Mexico → Ice Cube Tijuana Open 2023

Competitions · Mexico

Ice Cube Tijuana Open 2023

Tijuana · 11 November 2023 · 5 events · 32 competitors · 36 personal bests

Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez won three of the five events (5×5, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez by 0.01 seconds. 32 competitors produced 36 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez set the 3×3 average national record: 6.19.

Three wins
Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez — 5×5, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.01s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez over Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera
36
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera6.676.96
5×5Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez52.5554.55
7×7Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez2:43.202:50.87
3×3 one-handedAngel Armando Jaime Sánchez11.1213.07
5×5 blindfoldedVíctor Adán Solis Martinez

The PB harvest

36 set · 5 still standing

First-timers

Two 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

32 competitors · 180 results · 5 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. Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera won it with a 6.96 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

32 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.