Competitions · Mexico

Volcano in Puebla 2023

Puebla · 14 October 2023 · 8 events · 107 competitors · 164 personal bests

Joaquin Ruenes Hernández won two of the eight events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Ian Leonardo Acevedo Armenta by 0.02 seconds. 107 competitors produced 164 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Maria Jose Munoz Perez took a Clock single of 1:25.24 down to 12.28, 86 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Joaquin Ruenes Hernández — 3×3, 2×2

0.02s

closest final — Skewb, Ian Leonardo Acevedo Armenta over Eduardo Antonio Lara Martínez

164

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	5.89	6.98
2×2	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	1.21	1.85
4×4	Juan de Dios Noriega Sánchez	27.28	29.64
7×7	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	2:15.28	2:19.38
3×3 one-handed	Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera	11.39	11.79
Clock	Alfredo Vasquez Mendoza	5.08	6.55
Megaminx	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	36.13	44.52
Skewb	Ian Leonardo Acevedo Armenta	2.90	3.33

The PB harvest

164 set · 43 still standing

Ervin Yahir Quezada Juárez — 3×3 single 6.57: into the top 0.91% of the event's history.
Paolo Ceciliano Rivera — 2×2 single 1.71: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Hector Eduardo Ramirez Manuel — 3×3 single 8.45: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Jorge Rafael Castañeda Sánchez — 3×3 single 8.61: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Jorge Rafael Castañeda Sánchez — Megaminx single 51.16: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Miguel Ángel Cruz Hernández — 2×2 single 2.23: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
David José Fernández Bretón — 2×2 single 2.35: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Isaac Adair Nava Ozorio — 2×2 single 2.39: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

107 competitors · 756 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. Joaquin Ruenes Hernández won it with a 6.98 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

107 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.