Verapaz Open 2026
- Date
- Aug 29 - 30, 2026
- City
- Tactic, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
- Venue
Parque Central de Tactic.
- Address
- 8J9X+H53 Parque Municipal, Tactic, Guatemala
- Details
Salón Municipal, Tactic.
- Contact
- Organizer
- Juan Jose Ajcam
- WCA Delegates
- Estheban Heredia, Henry Mixco, and Joel Hernández
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Esta es la primera competencia organizada en el municipio de Tactic, Alta Verapaz y es de carácter internacional.

This is the first competition organized in the municipality of Tactic, Alta Verapaz, and it is of an international nature.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 26
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 60 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is Q75 (Guatemalan Quetzal).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of Q55 (Guatemalan Quetzal).
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Informacion de Pago:
Efectuar el pago respectivo, el costo fijo de participación es de Q75.00, incluye participación en cualquiera de las categorías.
Tambien incluye: Playera del evento, gafete y diploma de participación.
No se realizarán reembolsos una vez confirmada la inscripción y el pago, salvo casos excepcionales autorizados por la organización.El pago de la inscripción debe hacerse a la cuenta monetaria no. 4197171188 del Banco Banrural a nombre de Juan José Ajcam. Posteriormente enviar un correo con fotografía de la boleta de pago, talla de playera (Los que se inscriban despues del 10 de agosto serán descartados para obtener la playera), y su nombre (como aparece en la WCA) al correo rubiksub20@gmail.com
Luego de registrarse en la página del torneo y enviar el correo deben esperar respuesta y revisar si su nombre aparece en la lista de registros aceptados.
*Para las personas provenientes de otros países, registrarse y enviar un correo para coordinar el pago.
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Payment information:
Make the respective payment, the fixed cost is Q75.00, includes participation in any of the events.
It also includes: Event's T-shirt, Credential and Certificate of attendance.
No refunds will be issued once registration and payment have been confirmed, except in exceptional cases authorized by the organization.The registration fee must be paid to the monetary bank account with number 4197171188 of Banco Banrural with the name Juan Jose Ajcam. Next you must send an email with a photo of the receipt, shirt size (those who register after August 10th will be disqualified from receiving the t-shirt), and name (as it appears in the WCA) to rubiksub20@gmail.com
After registering and sending the email, you have to wait for reply, and then check if your name appears on the accepted registrations list.
*For the people coming from other countries, please register and send an email to the same address to coordinate the payment.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez won with an average of 8.84 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Gabriel Barrios finished second (10.12) and Mayel Kamajay Caal Yaxcal finished third (11.19).
3x3x3 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez | 7.06 | 8.84 | Guatemala | 8.73 | 8.46 | 7.06 | 10.44 | 9.34 | |||
| 2 | Gabriel Barrios | 7.23 | 10.12 | Guatemala | 11.73 | 9.40 | 11.01 | 9.96 | 7.23 | |||
| 3 | Mayel Kamajay Caal Yaxcal | 10.54 | 11.19 | Guatemala | 11.63 | 10.54 | 15.99 | 11.22 | 10.71 | |||
2x2x2 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Marcos López Pérez | 2.00 | 2.64 | Guatemala | 2.73 | 2.78 | 3.10 | 2.42 | 2.00 | |||
| 2 | Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez | 2.39 | 2.65 | Guatemala | 2.89 | 4.82 | 2.39 | 2.51 | 2.56 | |||
| 3 | Gabriel Barrios | 2.83 | 4.20 | Guatemala | 4.98 | 2.83 | 4.01 | 5.24 | 3.61 | |||
3x3x3 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriel Barrios | 20.05 | DNF | Guatemala | DNF | 20.85 | DNF | 20.61 | 20.05 | |||
| 2 | Joel Hernández | 1:35.54 | DNF | El Salvador | DNF | DNF | 1:35.54 | DNF | DNF | |||
| 3 | Estheban Heredia | 2:25.03 | DNF | Guatemala | DNF | 2:25.03 | 3:32.65 | DNF | DNF | |||
3x3x3 One-Handed
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez | 12.67 | 15.85 | Guatemala | DNF | 15.93 | 15.31 | 16.30 | 12.67 | |||
| 2 | Gabriel Barrios | 14.46 | 15.89 | Guatemala | 16.87 | 14.46 | 28.82 | 15.89 | 14.91 | |||
| 3 | Juan Jose Ajcam | 15.63 | 16.31 | Guatemala | 17.13 | 19.68 | 15.96 | 15.84 | 15.63 | |||
Clock
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez | 8.57 | 9.94 | Guatemala | 12.55 | 8.57 | 10.03 | 9.35 | 10.45 | |||
| 2 | Brayan Emanuel Escobedo Mendóza | 8.72 | 9.95 | Guatemala | 10.85 | 9.50 | 10.28 | 10.07 | 8.72 | |||
| 3 | Isabel Baten | 8.33 | 10.44 | Guatemala | 8.33 | 11.75 | 10.00 | 11.93 | 9.56 | |||
Megaminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez | 39.78 | 43.80 | Guatemala | 44.79 | 43.00 | 45.76 | 43.61 | 39.78 | |||
| 2 | Juan Jose Ajcam | 42.00 | 51.83 | Guatemala | 51.55 | 52.86 | 42.00 | 54.54 | 51.08 | |||
| 3 | Sergio Bulux | 1:05.22 | 1:07.16 | Guatemala | 1:16.16 | 1:06.45 | 1:06.30 | 1:08.72 | 1:05.22 | |||
Pyraminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez | 3.39 | 4.23 | Guatemala | 3.55 | 4.95 | 4.20 | 3.39 | 5.51 | |||
| 2 | Gabriel Barrios | 3.96 | 5.60 | Guatemala | 3.96 | 7.59 | 3.97 | 12.73 | 5.23 | |||
| 3 | Estheban Heredia | 3.78 | 5.66 | Guatemala | 3.78 | 6.44 | 3.85 | 7.66 | 6.68 | |||
3x3x3 Multi-Blind
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriel Barrios | 26/30 49:16 | Guatemala | 26/30 49:16 | ||||||||
| 2 | Joel Hernández | 5/5 40:49 | NR | El Salvador | 5/5 40:49 | |||||||
| 3 | Sergio Bulux | 5/8 37:06 | Guatemala | 5/8 37:06 | ||||||||