Competitions · Mexico

Tlaxcala Open 2016

Tlaxcala · 2 July 2016 · 7 events · 99 competitors · 98 personal bests

Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza won three of the seven events (4×4, 5×5, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza by 0.20 seconds. 99 competitors produced 98 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 57 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza set the 5×5 single national record: 1:00.22.

Three wins

Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza — 4×4, 5×5, Pyraminx

0.20s

closest final — Pyraminx, Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza over Kathleen Ariana Jenner Zurita Ceceña

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Aldair Coronel Ruíz	8.64	9.63
2×2	Maximiliano Rojas Zaputovich	3.10	3.39
4×4	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	35.39	42.37
5×5	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	1:01.85	1:08.61
3×3 blindfolded	Alfredo David Flores Cortero	1:57.04	—
3×3 one-handed	Daniel Waldo	14.66	15.29
Pyraminx	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	3.47	4.42

The PB harvest

98 set · 34 still standing

Rodolfo Alejandro Escobar Ortiz — 3×3 one-handed single 13.33: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Manuel Alejandro Roman Salgado — 3×3 one-handed single 14.18: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Sigifredo Castañeda Fernández — 4×4 single 38.42: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Tenochtitlán Grijalva Masso — 2×2 single 2.73: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Mauricio Jasson Bonilla Arreola — 2×2 single 2.79: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Luis Fernando Ventura Cruz — 2×2 single 2.86: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Luis Fernando Ventura Cruz — 3×3 single 11.71: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
Juan De la Rosa Flores — 2×2 single 3.00: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

57 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

99 competitors · 567 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. Aldair Coronel Ruíz won it with a 9.63 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

99 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.