Competitions · Mexico
Plata Open Taxco 2018
Taxco de Alárcon, Guerrero · 24 November 2018 · 8 events · 41 competitors · 90 personal bests
Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza won three of the eight events (4×4, 5×5, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Joaquin Ruenes Hernández by 0.18 seconds. 41 competitors produced 90 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Maximiliano Rojas Zaputovich | 8.29 | 9.53 |
| 2×2 | Joaquin Ruenes Hernández | 1.98 | 2.29 |
| 4×4 | Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza | 31.03 | 33.02 |
| 5×5 | Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza | 1:00.69 | 1:06.14 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Pedro Trujillo García | 1:57.23 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera | 11.97 | 15.52 |
| Megaminx | Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza | 47.66 | 50.31 |
| Pyraminx | Joaquin Ruenes Hernández | 3.21 | 4.00 |
The PB harvest
90 set · 20 still standing- Alejandro Bertin Ruiz Arriaga — 2×2 single 1.42: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
- Alessandro Guilmar Cervantes Albarrán — Pyraminx single 4.25: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
- Daniel Guardado Cabral — Megaminx single 58.66: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
- Antonio Isaías Martínez Santos — 3×3 single 11.09: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
- Jehosafat Porras Galicia — 3×3 one-handed single 17.18: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
- José Pablo Palma Becerril — 4×4 single 41.16: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.
- Jehosafat Porras Galicia — Megaminx single 1:10.28: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
- Jehosafat Porras Galicia — 4×4 single 44.05: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.
First-timers
Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
1 regional record was set at this competition.
The field
41 competitors · 425 results · 8 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. Maximiliano Rojas Zaputovich won it with a 9.53 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
U' B L' U2 R' L2 D2 B2 R D R2 F2 D2 B' R2 L2 B L2 B2 - 2
D2 U' L2 U' F2 D' R2 B2 L' F2 U2 R F' U' B' F' R D' B2 - 3
U2 B2 D2 L D2 F2 L' B2 L2 B' U B U' F U' L2 R D R - 4
R D' F2 L B U2 F D' F' U2 B2 D F2 R2 U2 D B2 D2 R2 L2 - 5
U' B' R2 D R F2 R L B' U B2 U2 F2 R2 D2 F R2 L2 U2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
41 competitors- Alan Emiliano Gómez Morales
- Alán Gómez Monjaraz
- Alberto Lopez Segura
- Alejandro Bertin Ruiz Arriaga
- Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera
- Alessandro Guilmar Cervantes Albarrán
- Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza
- Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez
- Antonio Isaías Martínez Santos
- Areli Rubí Gordillo Martínez
- Axel Adad Mercado Reyes
- Axel Uriel Sánchez Zúñiga
- Benjamin Sanchez Magaña
- Daniel Guardado Cabral
- Daniel Rivera Isaias
- Diego Brizuela Crespo
- Diego Mateo Eleuterio Estrada
- Diego Trujeque
- Edgar Eduardo Galindo García
- Enrique de Jesús García Sánchez
- Iñaki Calderón Contreras
- Isaac Adair Nava Ozorio
- Iván Guerrero Juárez
- Jehosafat Porras Galicia
- Jesús Fernando Castelán Gómez
- Jesús Jorge García López
- Joaquin Ruenes Hernández
- José Pablo Palma Becerril
- Marco Antonio Mendez Estrada
- Mauro Daniel Basurto Chavez
- Maximiliano Rojas Zaputovich
- Olivia Ramìrez Mena
- Omar Eduardo Reyes Arana
- Oscar Felipe Montesinos Gutiérrez
- Pedro Trujillo García
- Raúl Ramírez Mena
- Roberto Alan Valencia Lechuga
- Roberto Antonio Roman Mora
- Rocio Rodriguez Rivera
- Samuel Pérez Ocampo
- Santiago Guardado Cabral
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.