Competitions · Mexico

Metropolitano Monterrey 2018

Monterrey · 15 December 2018 · 12 events · 97 competitors · 166 personal bests

Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza won five of the twelve events (3×3, 5×5, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Joaquin Ruenes Hernández by 0.18 seconds. 97 competitors produced 166 personal bests, 73 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Eric Zahid López Parra set the Clock single national record: 5.82.

Five wins

Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza — 3×3, 5×5, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Square-1

0.18s

closest final — Skewb, Joaquin Ruenes Hernández over Daniel Guardado Cabral

166

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	8.45	9.15
2×2	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	1.67	2.60
4×4	Daniel Guardado Cabral	32.28	34.13
5×5	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	56.53	1:01.17
3×3 blindfolded	Víctor Adán Solis Martinez	48.29	—
3×3 one-handed	Lucero Esmeralda Alvarado Ruíz	14.12	15.81
Clock	Eric Zahid López Parra	5.82	6.98
Megaminx	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	47.39	52.68
Pyraminx	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	3.03	4.26
Skewb	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	3.58	4.57
Square-1	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	11.91	15.03
4×4 blindfolded	Misael Gómez Soria	—	—

The PB harvest

166 set · 73 still standing

Daniel Guardado Cabral — 2×2 single 1.48: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Angel Arrioja Landa — 2×2 single 1.60: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Alejandro Cisneros Bracho — 2×2 single 1.70: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Miguel Angel Cabrera Corrales — 3×3 single 9.07: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Esteban Noe González Hernández — 2×2 single 2.34: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Rodolfo Alejandro Escobar Ortiz — 2×2 single 2.41: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Fabian Emiliano Escareño Gonzalez — Skewb single 3.60: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Ismael Cruz Vázquez — 2×2 single 2.50: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

97 competitors · 618 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. Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza won it with a 9.15 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

97 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.