Competitions · Mexico

Minerva Open 2022

Puebla · 12 November 2022 · 5 events · 58 competitors · 72 personal bests

Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez won the 3×3 with a 7.45 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez by 0.44 seconds. 58 competitors produced 72 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez set the 3×3 single national record: 5.24.

events decided

0.44s

closest final — 3×3, Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez over Joaquin Ruenes Hernández

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez	6.76	7.45
4×4	Juan de Dios Noriega Sánchez	26.23	30.33
3×3 one-handed	Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera	11.66	12.82
Clock	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	6.19	6.93
Skewb	Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez	2.28	2.98

The PB harvest

72 set · 12 still standing

Axel Hernández Flores — Skewb single 2.85: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Jorge Rafael Castañeda Sánchez — 4×4 single 32.19: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Sergio Emmanuel Sanchez Rodriguez — 3×3 one-handed single 13.48: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Alberto Lopez Segura — Skewb single 4.23: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
Miguel Martínez Roque — 3×3 single 15.45: into the top 25.9% of the event's history.
Jorge Rafael Castañeda Sánchez — Skewb single 6.57: into the top 30.3% of the event's history.
Jorge Rafael Castañeda Sánchez — Clock single 11.71: into the top 33.6% of the event's history.
Paulo Cesar Razo Perez — 3×3 one-handed single 24.83: into the top 33.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

58 competitors · 371 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. Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez won it with a 7.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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Race this final

Everyone who competed

58 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.