Competitions · Mexico

Metro Cubing Fest 2016

Ciudad de México · 25 June 2016 · 12 events · 141 competitors · 227 personal bests

Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza won three of the twelve events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Emiliano Xiuhuitzilli Sanchez Olivera by 0.07 seconds. 141 competitors produced 227 personal bests, 102 of which still stand today, and 60 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Jorge Leonardo Sánchez Salazar set the 4×4 single national record: 30.58.

Three wins

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

0.07s

closest final — Square-1, Emiliano Xiuhuitzilli Sanchez Olivera over Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza

227

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Luis Gerardo Martínez Hernández	9.96	10.25
2×2	Maximiliano Rojas Zaputovich	3.26	3.57
4×4	Jorge Leonardo Sánchez Salazar	30.58	35.41
5×5	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	1:01.47	1:10.81
6×6	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	2:16.63	2:22.79
7×7	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	3:09.72	3:19.50
3×3 blindfolded	Fernando Israel Zúñiga Macedo	39.93	—
3×3 one-handed	Mauricio Coronel Lovera	12.86	15.44
Megaminx	Daniel Castellanos Cruz	54.95	1:01.44
Pyraminx	Daniel Guardado Cabral	5.03	5.67
Skewb	Daniel Guardado Cabral	3.41	3.95
Square-1	Emiliano Xiuhuitzilli Sanchez Olivera	15.45	18.06

The PB harvest

227 set · 102 still standing

Luis Gerardo Martínez Hernández — Pyraminx single 2.34: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Mauricio Coronel Lovera — 3×3 one-handed single 12.86: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Alan Natanael Orozco Hernandez — Pyraminx single 3.31: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Isaac Sánchez Aguilar — Pyraminx single 3.80: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Esteban Fuentes Vivaldo — 3×3 single 9.79: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Daniel Ehecatl García Sánchez — 3×3 single 9.91: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Emiliano Pasos Torres — 3×3 single 10.02: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Fernando Daniel Hernández Sánchez — Pyraminx single 3.99: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

60 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

141 competitors · 1004 results · 12 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. Luis Gerardo Martínez Hernández won it with a 10.25 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

141 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.