Competitions · Mexico

Zaragoza Open 2023

Puebla · 3 June 2023 · 7 events · 71 competitors · 100 personal bests

Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza won four of the seven events (5×5, 7×7, Clock) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza by 0.09 seconds. 71 competitors produced 100 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez set the 3×3 average national record: 6.26.

Four wins

Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza — 5×5, 7×7, Clock, Square-1

0.09s

closest final — Square-1, Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza over Hazel Moises Ruiz Gutierrez

100

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez	6.50	7.56
2×2	Gamaliel Jimenez Oropeza	2.13	2.66
5×5	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	46.67	50.77
7×7	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	2:15.03	2:16.57
Clock	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	5.82	6.74
Pyraminx	Angel Omar Pérez Cuate	2.44	3.95
Square-1	Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza	9.62	12.49

The PB harvest

100 set · 22 still standing

Julián García Sánchez — 5×5 single 51.06: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Rodrigo Castañeda Lopez — Pyraminx single 3.21: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Libni Zair Reyes Machorro — 2×2 single 1.95: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Hazel Moises Ruiz Gutierrez — Pyraminx single 3.58: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera — Pyraminx single 3.77: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Juan Pablo Diez Cuevas — Pyraminx single 3.81: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Angel Torres Perez — 7×7 single 2:56.61: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Luis Angel Huerta Barrales — 3×3 single 10.91: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

71 competitors · 463 results · 7 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 7.56 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

71 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.