Competitions · Mexico

Quetzal Cubing 2019

Xalapa, Veracruz · 7 December 2019 · 11 events · 56 competitors · 142 personal bests

Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez won three of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Lucero Esmeralda Alvarado Ruíz by 0.26 seconds. 56 competitors produced 142 personal bests, 48 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez set the 3×3 single national record: 5.90.

Three wins

Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.26s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Lucero Esmeralda Alvarado Ruíz over Joaquin Ruenes Hernández

142

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez	6.87	7.20
2×2	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	1.20	1.82
4×4	Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez	27.84	29.33
5×5	Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez	55.48	1:03.29
6×6	Axel Uriel Sánchez Zúñiga	2:06.60	2:09.62
7×7	Axel Uriel Sánchez Zúñiga	2:53.87	3:03.38
3×3 blindfolded	Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez	1:09.30	—
3×3 one-handed	Lucero Esmeralda Alvarado Ruíz	15.62	17.08
Megaminx	Juan de Dios Noriega Sánchez	53.93	58.35
Pyraminx	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	2.75	3.11
Skewb	Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez	3.99	4.34

The PB harvest

142 set · 48 still standing

Edgar Alejandro Ortega Cortes — 3×3 single 7.58: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Erick Aguilar Palomeque — 2×2 single 2.13: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Angel Luis Ortiz Garcia — 3×3 single 9.52: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Carlos Alekxander Perez Castillo — 3×3 single 10.35: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Angel Luis Ortiz Garcia — 4×4 single 37.40: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Carlos Javier Hernández Castillo — 4×4 single 37.52: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Luis Armando Martínez Leija — 3×3 one-handed single 15.97: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Pablo César Martínez Ramírez — 2×2 single 2.91: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

56 competitors · 532 results · 11 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. Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez won it with a 7.20 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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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.