Competitions · Mexico

Xalapeño Cube 2023

Xalapa, Veracruz · 4 November 2023 · 6 events · 86 competitors · 57 personal bests

Joaquin Ruenes Hernández won three of the six events (2×2, Pyraminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez by 0.92 seconds. 86 competitors produced 57 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 46 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Carlos Andres Hernandez Morales took a 2×2 single of 4.32 down to 1.89, 56 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Joaquin Ruenes Hernández — 2×2, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.92s

closest final — 3×3, Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez over Juan de Dios Noriega Sánchez

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez	5.92	7.12
2×2	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	1.06	1.65
4×4	Juan de Dios Noriega Sánchez	24.72	27.19
3×3 one-handed	Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera	11.18	11.71
Pyraminx	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	2.00	2.93
Skewb	Joaquin Ruenes Hernández	2.89	4.16

The PB harvest

57 set · 15 still standing

Yusef Karim Hernandez Salvitano — 2×2 single 2.64: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Edwin Raciel Ortiz Rojas — 3×3 single 11.54: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
Braulio David Padilla López — 3×3 one-handed single 20.73: into the top 22.5% of the event's history.
Alejandro Murillo Vazquez — 2×2 single 3.83: into the top 24.3% of the event's history.
Jose Miguel Arvizu Lopez — 3×3 single 15.29: into the top 25.4% of the event's history.
Juan Emmanuel Marcos Aguilar — 2×2 single 4.00: into the top 26.5% of the event's history.
Braulio David Padilla López — 4×4 single 55.77: into the top 31.7% of the event's history.
Ian Gameros Delgado — 2×2 single 4.60: into the top 34.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

46 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

86 competitors · 440 results · 6 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. Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez won it with a 7.12 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

86 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.