Competitions · Costa Rica

VID Cubing 2023

Hatillo 3, San Jose · 29 April 2023 · 8 events · 45 competitors · 51 personal bests

Christian Rodríguez won three of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Brandon Alejandro Carpio Garita by 0.14 seconds. 45 competitors produced 51 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Esteban Gutiérrez Rojas took a Pyraminx single of 13.42 down to 6.97, 48 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Christian Rodríguez — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.14s

closest final — Skewb, Brandon Alejandro Carpio Garita over Andres Sanchez Ponce

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Christian Rodríguez	7.22	8.24
2×2	Christian Rodríguez	2.32	2.97
4×4	Sebastián Herrera Pomares	29.46	35.73
3×3 one-handed	Christian Rodríguez	11.17	14.38
Megaminx	Egdar Castillo	1:00.58	1:05.31
Pyraminx	Isaí Abarca Smith	2.51	3.21
Skewb	Brandon Alejandro Carpio Garita	3.69	4.40
Square-1	Jose Daniel Solano Rodríguez	12.85	16.27

The PB harvest

51 set · 20 still standing

Eduardo José Poveda Rojas — 3×3 one-handed single 11.86: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Christian Rodríguez — 4×4 single 30.34: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Andres Sanchez Ponce — 3×3 single 8.39: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Jeferson Salazar Zambrana — 4×4 single 39.07: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
Jose Gabriel Alvarez Castrillo — 3×3 single 11.68: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
Dilan Masis Alfaro — Pyraminx single 5.12: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
Jose Gabriel Alvarez Castrillo — Pyraminx single 5.24: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
Egdar Antonio Castillo Gonzalez — 4×4 single 43.37: into the top 16.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

45 competitors · 212 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. Christian Rodríguez won it with a 8.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

45 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.