Competitions · Panama

Panama Nationals 2023

Panama City · 11 August 2023 · 15 events · 72 competitors · 95 personal bests

Evan Liu won nine of the 15 events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Evan Liu by 0.22 seconds. 72 competitors produced 95 personal bests, 41 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Amaury Miguel Caballero set the 4×4 single national record: 31.11.

Nine wins

Evan Liu — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, 3×3 Multi-Blind

0.22s

closest final — 2×2, Evan Liu over Luis Angel Soto Castillo

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Evan Liu	9.04	9.83
2×2	Evan Liu	1.97	3.54
4×4	Luis Angel Soto Castillo	33.45	35.57
5×5	Evan Liu	58.18	1:03.21
6×6	Evan Liu	1:26.20	1:40.29
7×7	Evan Liu	2:30.68	2:39.92
3×3 blindfolded	Juan David Pérez	1:24.81	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Evan Liu	33 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Evan Liu	15.32	16.35
Clock	Evan Liu	4.80	6.06
Megaminx	Egdar Castillo	1:01.97	1:03.52
Pyraminx	Karla Victoria Suárez Rosario	3.29	4.39
Skewb	Andres Sanchez Ponce	4.83	5.56
Square-1	Arturo Andrés Buckley Nieto	13.74	17.95
3×3 Multi-Blind	Evan Liu	10 of 12 cubes · 48:51	—

The PB harvest

95 set · 41 still standing

Andres Felipe Mendez Lopez — 2×2 single 1.82: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Andres Sanchez Ponce — 4×4 single 32.23: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Amaury Miguel Caballero — Megaminx single 48.35: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Miguel Ángel Hernández — 5×5 single 59.06: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Luis Angel Soto Castillo — 4×4 single 33.19: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Josué Ahmed González — Skewb single 3.15: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Luis Angel Soto Castillo — 3×3 one-handed single 15.15: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Luis Angel Soto Castillo — 2×2 single 2.59: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

17 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

72 competitors · 576 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. Evan Liu won it with a 9.83 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

72 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.