Competitions · Guatemala

Xela Open 2018

Quetzaltenango, Quetzaltenango · 22 September 2018 · 14 events · 48 competitors · 106 personal bests

Jesser Armando Ramírez Diaz won three of the 14 events (3×3, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Luis Estuardo Monterroso Chán by 0.00 seconds. 48 competitors produced 106 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Jesser Armando Ramírez Diaz set the 7×7 single national record: 3:07.82.

Three wins

Jesser Armando Ramírez Diaz — 3×3, 6×6, 7×7

0.00s

closest final — 2×2, Luis Estuardo Monterroso Chán over Gabriel Gilberto Chocooj Villagran

106

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jesser Armando Ramírez Diaz	11.32	12.08
2×2	Luis Estuardo Monterroso Chán	2.31	3.82
4×4	Daniel Escobar	34.74	36.64
5×5	Daniel Escobar	1:05.81	1:12.24
6×6	Jesser Armando Ramírez Diaz	2:07.79	2:23.60
7×7	Jesser Armando Ramírez Diaz	3:07.82	3:13.12
3×3 blindfolded	Manuel Aleandro Chang Pérez	1:52.71	2:05.31
3×3 one-handed	Seth Nephi Perez Arevalo	16.55	19.92
Clock	Aldo José Gramajo de León	8.08	8.98
Megaminx	Alexander Batz	51.79	1:00.43
Pyraminx	Pablo Say	4.83	6.04
Skewb	Olander Rafael Hernández Morales	3.86	5.22
Square-1	Daniel Escobar	10.20	15.54
3×3 Multi-Blind	Fernando José Muchuch Chavez	5 of 6 cubes · 49:36	—

The PB harvest

106 set · 26 still standing

Pablo Say — 2×2 single 2.11: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Douglas Marco Tulio Pereira López — 2×2 single 2.14: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Luis Estuardo Monterroso Chán — 2×2 single 2.31: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Douglas Marco Tulio Pereira López — 3×3 single 10.81: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Gabriel Gilberto Chocooj Villagran — Skewb single 3.88: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Seth Nephi Perez Arevalo — 2×2 single 2.67: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Manuel Aleandro Chang Pérez — Megaminx single 1:01.15: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Carlos Daniel Acabal Pérez — 3×3 single 13.17: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

48 competitors · 430 results · 14 events.

Everyone who competed

48 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.