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Competitions · Panama

Pre-Nacionales UP 2023

Panama City · 8 July 2023 · 7 events · 37 competitors · 36 personal bests

Miguel Ángel Hernández won two of the seven events (4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Miguel Ángel Hernández by 0.05 seconds. 37 competitors produced 36 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Juan David Pérez set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 1:13.34.

Two wins
Miguel Ángel Hernández — 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.05s
closest final — 4×4, Miguel Ángel Hernández over Egdar Castillo
36
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Egdar Castillo9.8210.78
2×2Misael Peñafiel2.503.03
4×4Miguel Ángel Hernández40.6841.73
3×3 blindfoldedJuan David Pérez1:13.34
3×3 one-handedMiguel Ángel Hernández14.7117.52
ClockJuan David Pérez7.878.61
PyraminxEgdar Antonio Castillo Gonzalez3.785.56

The PB harvest

36 set · 19 still standing

First-timers

18 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

37 competitors · 158 results · 7 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. Egdar Castillo won it with a 10.78 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

37 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.