Competitions · Mexico

Minerva Zapopan 2026

Zapopan, Jalisco · 1 May 2026 · 13 events · 85 competitors · 164 personal bests

Isaac Vergara Castillo won three of the 13 events (2×2, 4×4, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ariel Eduardo Cruz Martínez by 0.05 seconds. 85 competitors produced 164 personal bests, 132 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Enrique Oviedo Espinoza de los Monteros set the 6×6 single national record: 1:17.39.

Three wins

Isaac Vergara Castillo — 2×2, 4×4, Megaminx

0.05s

closest final — 3×3, Ariel Eduardo Cruz Martínez over Saul Emmanuel Ramirez Gonzalez

164

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ariel Eduardo Cruz Martínez	7.80	9.50
2×2	Isaac Vergara Castillo	1.97	2.47
4×4	Isaac Vergara Castillo	27.30	31.63
5×5	Enrique Oviedo Espinoza de los Monteros	49.57	52.28
6×6	Enrique Oviedo Espinoza de los Monteros	1:17.39	1:21.12
7×7	Enrique Oviedo Espinoza de los Monteros	1:52.09	1:57.90
3×3 blindfolded	Saul Emmanuel Ramirez Gonzalez	32.23	46.04
3×3 one-handed	Eduardo Antonio Lara Martínez	12.18	13.41
Clock	Miguel Angel Zamorano Beltran	4.50	5.58
Megaminx	Isaac Vergara Castillo	44.26	47.99
Pyraminx	Ricardo Iñiguez de la Torre	2.49	3.80
Skewb	Eduardo Antonio Lara Martínez	2.51	3.33
Square-1	Leonardo Moisés Santamaria Reyes	8.47	11.29

The PB harvest

164 set · 132 still standing

Isaac Vergara Castillo — Pyraminx single 2.42: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Iker Santiago Castro Parra — 3×3 single 7.61: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Ricardo Iñiguez de la Torre — Pyraminx single 2.49: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Ricardo Emmanuel Martinez Sánchez — 2×2 single 1.53: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Leonardo Moisés Santamaria Reyes — Clock single 4.09: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Mauricio Lomelí — Clock single 4.73: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Ariel Eduardo Cruz Martínez — Pyraminx single 3.26: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Orlando Uriel García Acosta — Clock single 6.21: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

85 competitors · 769 results · 13 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. Ariel Eduardo Cruz Martínez won it with a 9.50 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

85 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.