Competitions · Venezuela

Venezuela Nationals 2023

Maracay, Aragua · 24 November 2023 · 15 events · 54 competitors · 67 personal bests

Bernardo Torres won seven of the 15 events (2×2, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Bernardo Torres by 0.17 seconds. 54 competitors produced 67 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bernardo Torres set the 5×5 single national record: 58.90.

Seven wins

Bernardo Torres — 2×2, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx, Square-1, 3×3 Multi-Blind

0.17s

closest final — 2×2, Bernardo Torres over Rafael Antonio Sanchez

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Louis Rodriguez Guerrero	7.96	8.29
2×2	Bernardo Torres	2.27	2.85
4×4	Louis Rodriguez Guerrero	27.86	30.59
5×5	Bernardo Torres	58.90	1:02.66
6×6	Bernardo Torres	2:02.53	2:24.79
7×7	Bernardo Torres	3:09.37	3:26.06
3×3 blindfolded	Rafael Antonio Sanchez	4:36.11	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Louis Rodriguez Guerrero	36 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Oscar Andelfo Dúran Caicedo	14.60	15.96
Clock	Diego Simmons	11.52	12.98
Megaminx	Bernardo Torres	41.99	48.93
Pyraminx	Miguel Vidal	2.88	3.99
Skewb	Ricardo Alexander Bustamante Mercado	4.49	5.06
Square-1	Bernardo Torres	25.86	28.36
3×3 Multi-Blind	Bernardo Torres	—	—

The PB harvest

67 set · 18 still standing

Ricardo Alexander Bustamante Mercado — 3×3 one-handed single 13.04: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Ricardo Alexander Bustamante Mercado — 2×2 single 2.17: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Sebastián Navarrete — 4×4 single 35.79: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Ricardo Alexander Bustamante Mercado — 4×4 single 37.32: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Ricardo Alexander Bustamante Mercado — Skewb single 4.09: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Jose Alejandro Rodríguez Flores — 2×2 single 3.77: into the top 23.6% of the event's history.
Daniel Isaac Bennassar Wojtowicz — Pyraminx single 6.57: into the top 24.4% of the event's history.
Sebastián Navarrete — 3×3 one-handed single 22.97: into the top 28.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

54 competitors · 335 results · 15 events.

Everyone who competed

54 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.