Competitions · Guatemala

Nacionales Guatemala 2023

Quetzaltenango · 15 December 2023 · 17 events · 56 competitors · 65 personal bests

Javier Siquité won five of the 17 events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Megaminx, won by Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez by 0.32 seconds. 56 competitors produced 65 personal bests, 48 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Gabriel Barrios set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 33 of 39 cubes · 55:47.

Five wins

Javier Siquité — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 7×7, Square-1

0.32s

closest final — Megaminx, Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez over Alexander Batz

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez	8.33	9.43
2×2	Javier Siquité	2.32	2.73
4×4	Javier Siquité	32.03	35.39
5×5	Javier Siquité	58.97	1:06.69
6×6	Gabriel Barrios	2:02.63	2:08.95
7×7	Javier Siquité	3:18.83	3:35.89
3×3 blindfolded	Gabriel Barrios	20.90	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Manuel José Domínguez Ávila	32 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez	14.33	17.53
Clock	Aldo José Gramajo de León	6.98	7.42
Megaminx	Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez	48.94	53.12
Pyraminx	Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez	2.04	2.96
Skewb	Olander Rafael Hernández Morales	3.34	4.79
Square-1	Javier Siquité	10.74	13.33
4×4 blindfolded	Sergio Bulux	6:16.56	8:00.62
5×5 blindfolded	Sergio Bulux	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Gabriel Barrios	33 of 39 cubes · 55:47	—

The PB harvest

65 set · 48 still standing

Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez — Pyraminx single 2.04: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Gabriel Barrios — Pyraminx single 2.33: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Javier Siquité — Pyraminx single 2.74: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Rodrigo Pinto — 3×3 single 8.62: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Aldo José Gramajo de León — 2×2 single 2.01: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Javier Siquité — Megaminx single 50.82: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Alexander Batz — Pyraminx single 3.74: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Francisco Alberto Castañeda Lima — Pyraminx single 3.76: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

56 competitors · 490 results · 17 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. Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez won it with a 9.43 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

56 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.