Competitions · Mexico

Minerva Guadalajara 2023

Guadalajara · 1 April 2023 · 12 events · 113 competitors · 201 personal bests

Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez won three of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Joaquin Ruenes Hernández by 0.22 seconds. 113 competitors produced 201 personal bests, 44 of which still stand today, and 29 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: 46.44.

Three wins

Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.22s

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

201

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez	6.56	7.08
2×2	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	1.62	2.42
4×4	Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez	25.55	30.24
5×5	Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez	49.17	51.60
6×6	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	1:26.32	1:38.90
7×7	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	2:11.12	2:15.98
3×3 one-handed	Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera	10.92	11.20
Clock	Eric Zahid López Parra	4.40	5.81
Megaminx	Luis Eduardo Martínez Castellanos	43.46	44.44
Pyraminx	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	1.46	2.64
Skewb	Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez	2.55	3.10
Square-1	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	9.27	9.88

The PB harvest

201 set · 44 still standing

Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez — 2×2 single 1.14: into the top 0.87% of the event's history.
Eduardo Antonio Lara Martínez — Square-1 single 9.09: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Alonso Moreno — Pyraminx single 3.56: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Angel Antonio Maya Macias — 4×4 single 35.18: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Ricardo Sierra Villalobos — 4×4 single 35.86: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Luis Fernando Hernández Guerrero — Skewb single 3.72: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Luis Armando Martínez Leija — 3×3 single 10.60: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Marcos Meibel Corral Murillo — 5×5 single 1:07.99: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

113 competitors · 940 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. Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez won it with a 7.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

113 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.