Competitions · El Salvador

Nacionales El Salvador 2025

San Salvador · 19 December 2025 · 15 events · 49 competitors · 56 personal bests

Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez won eight of the 15 events (2×2, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jose Javier Melendez Maldonado by 0.14 seconds. 49 competitors produced 56 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez set the 4×4 single national record: 25.09.

Eight wins

Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez — 2×2, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.14s

closest final — 3×3, Jose Javier Melendez Maldonado over Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jose Javier Melendez Maldonado	7.26	8.24
2×2	Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez	2.30	2.80
4×4	Jose Javier Melendez Maldonado	28.28	31.79
5×5	Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez	54.38	58.82
6×6	Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez	1:47.83	1:52.49
7×7	Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez	3:02.22	3:21.64
3×3 blindfolded	Joel Hernández	2:49.97	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Jose Javier Melendez Maldonado	29 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez	12.81	15.37
Clock	José Eduardo Palacios Castro	8.76	9.54
Megaminx	Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez	42.74	45.96
Pyraminx	Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez	2.91	3.55
Skewb	Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez	4.20	5.07
Square-1	José Eduardo Palacios Castro	13.65	14.95
3×3 Multi-Blind	Carlos Luis Guerra Ramírez	5 of 5 cubes · 43:40	—

The PB harvest

56 set · 32 still standing

Alessandro Martínez — 3×3 single 7.51: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Javier Portillo — 3×3 one-handed single 13.38: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Carlos Mauricio Esperanza Ramirez — 4×4 single 33.89: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez — 6×6 single 1:47.83: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Jose Javier Melendez Maldonado — 6×6 single 1:53.79: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Jose Javier Melendez Maldonado — Square-1 single 11.82: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Jose Javier Melendez Maldonado — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 29 moves: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Elvis Isaí Rosales Hernández — 5×5 single 1:11.16: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

49 competitors · 354 results · 15 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. Jose Javier Melendez Maldonado won it with a 8.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

49 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.