Competitions · Mexico

La Silla III 2022

Monterrey · 3 December 2022 · 6 events · 53 competitors · 78 personal bests

Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza won three of the six events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Joaquin Ruenes Hernández by 0.78 seconds. 53 competitors produced 78 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza set the 5×5 single national record: 46.60.

Three wins

Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.78s

closest final — 2×2, Joaquin Ruenes Hernández over Gamaliel Jimenez Oropeza

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez	6.18	6.58
2×2	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	1.32	1.57
4×4	Juan de Dios Noriega Sánchez	28.12	29.84
5×5	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	52.27	57.94
6×6	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	1:26.97	1:32.18
7×7	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	2:14.53	2:19.50

The PB harvest

78 set · 10 still standing

Dante Jesus Arevalo Leal — 4×4 single 31.23: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Angel Torres Perez — 4×4 single 31.24: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Miguel Reyes — 7×7 single 2:57.68: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Nicolas Luna Morales — 3×3 single 13.11: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
Nicolas Luna Morales — 2×2 single 3.34: into the top 18.3% of the event's history.
Ricardo Sierra Villalobos — 7×7 single 3:26.81: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.
Ricardo González Sifuentes — 3×3 single 16.85: into the top 30.5% of the event's history.
Nicolas Luna Morales — 4×4 single 55.98: into the top 31.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

53 competitors · 391 results · 6 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. Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez won it with a 6.58 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

53 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.