Competitions · Guatemala

Xela Open 2019

Quetzaltenango · 7 September 2019 · 13 events · 83 competitors · 110 personal bests

Daniel Escobar won three of the 13 events (4×4, 5×5, Square-1) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Alexander Batz by 0.02 seconds. 83 competitors produced 110 personal bests, 63 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Jesser Armando Ramírez Diaz set the 6×6 single national record: 2:02.23.

Three wins

Daniel Escobar — 4×4, 5×5, Square-1

0.02s

closest final — Pyraminx, Alexander Batz over Pablo Say

110

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Aldo José Gramajo de León	9.82	10.50
2×2	Gabriel Gilberto Chocooj Villagran	3.10	4.29
4×4	Daniel Escobar	31.55	35.45
5×5	Daniel Escobar	1:05.82	1:10.95
6×6	Jesser Armando Ramírez Diaz	2:02.23	2:13.86
7×7	Jesser Armando Ramírez Diaz	2:52.18	3:05.27
3×3 blindfolded	Manuel Aleandro Chang Pérez	1:49.90	2:04.02
3×3 one-handed	Jesser Armando Ramírez Diaz	17.78	19.11
Clock	Aldo José Gramajo de León	8.76	9.94
Megaminx	Alexander Batz	46.65	55.93
Pyraminx	Alexander Batz	3.75	6.32
Skewb	Olander Rafael Hernández Morales	3.01	4.96
Square-1	Daniel Escobar	12.51	17.11

The PB harvest

110 set · 63 still standing

Ismar Bernardo Figueroa Cano — 3×3 single 10.75: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
Byron Juan Diego Tahay Lemus — 2×2 single 2.64: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Rodrigo Anleu — 2×2 single 2.75: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
José Rodrigo Cajas Girón — Skewb single 4.22: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Rodrigo Anleu — 3×3 single 11.65: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Manuel José Domínguez Ávila — 3×3 one-handed single 17.44: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
Rafael Alejandro Menchù Tuy — 2×2 single 3.12: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
Rolando Enrique Alfaro Rodriguez — 3×3 single 13.91: into the top 20.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

83 competitors · 590 results · 13 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. Aldo José Gramajo de León won it with a 10.50 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

83 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.