Competitions · Guatemala

Speedcubing Academy Xelajú 2019

Quetzaltenango · 17 May 2019 · 16 events · 110 competitors · 136 personal bests

Daniel Escobar won four of the 16 events (4×4, 5×5, 3×3 Fewest Moves) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Gabriel Barrios by 0.10 seconds. 110 competitors produced 136 personal bests, 65 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Gianfranco Huanqui set the 3×3 blindfolded average continental record: 20.94.

Four wins

Daniel Escobar — 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Square-1

0.10s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Gabriel Barrios over Juan Pablo Huanqui

136

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Juan Pablo Huanqui	8.56	9.29
2×2	Juan Pablo Huanqui	2.22	3.23
4×4	Daniel Escobar	32.88	34.61
5×5	Daniel Escobar	1:05.28	1:07.68
6×6	Jaime Andrés Escobar Chan	2:42.70	2:57.47
7×7	Jaime Andrés Escobar Chan	4:12.66	4:20.91
3×3 blindfolded	Gianfranco Huanqui	19.18	20.94
3×3 Fewest Moves	Daniel Escobar	40 moves	40.67
3×3 one-handed	Gabriel Barrios	13.54	17.60
Clock	Ilya Tsiareshka	5.17	6.80
Megaminx	Juan Pablo Huanqui	28.13	36.66
Pyraminx	Gabriel Barrios	3.05	3.85
Skewb	Olander Rafael Hernández Morales	3.66	4.98
Square-1	Daniel Escobar	12.89	18.79
3×3 Multi-Blind	Gianfranco Huanqui	20 of 20 cubes · 43:37	—
3×3 with feet	Ronald Josué Sicá Alvarado	48.07	1:02.97

The PB harvest

136 set · 65 still standing

Esteban Palacios — 3×3 single 9.84: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Eduardo David Mazariegos Cifuentes — 3×3 single 10.06: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Gabriel Gilberto Chocooj Villagran — 2×2 single 2.44: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Rafael Alejandro Menchù Tuy — Pyraminx single 4.61: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Daniel Alexander González Mazariegos — Skewb single 4.27: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
José Pablo Cajas Girón — Pyraminx single 5.04: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Ronald Josué Sicá Alvarado — Clock single 7.81: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
Luis José Rodríguez Pérez — 3×3 single 12.60: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

110 competitors · 667 results · 16 events.

Everyone who competed

110 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.