Competitions · Spain

Albacete Open 2023

Albacete · 18 November 2023 · 10 events · 53 competitors · 47 personal bests

Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña won two of the ten events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña by 0.09 seconds. 53 competitors produced 47 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Nuria Soria García took a 2×2 single of 4.47 down to 2.56, 43 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.09s

closest final — 2×2, Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña over Carlos Méndez García-Barroso

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lorenzo Escobar Kraskouskaya	6.49	7.66
2×2	Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña	1.52	2.45
4×4	Rafael Rodriguez Santana	35.17	37.44
5×5	Rafael Rodriguez Santana	1:07.41	1:11.53
3×3 blindfolded	Josete Sánchez	42.97	44.87
3×3 one-handed	Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña	11.23	15.00
Megaminx	Raúl Cuevas Castillo	38.18	45.59
Pyraminx	Raúl Cuevas Castillo	2.52	2.79
Skewb	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	3.21	3.46
Square-1	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	6.94	8.75

The PB harvest

47 set · 11 still standing

Irene Lucas Victoria — 2×2 single 2.17: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Víctor Sevilla Sánchez — Pyraminx single 4.70: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Víctor Sevilla Sánchez — 3×3 single 13.30: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
Mario García Sarmiento — 3×3 single 14.10: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.
Víctor Sevilla Sánchez — Megaminx single 1:21.09: into the top 22.5% of the event's history.
Irene Lucas Victoria — 4×4 single 57.26: into the top 33.4% of the event's history.
Mario García Sarmiento — 2×2 single 4.60: into the top 34.2% of the event's history.
Víctor Sevilla Sánchez — 4×4 single 58.08: into the top 34.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

53 competitors · 413 results · 10 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. Lorenzo Escobar Kraskouskaya won it with a 7.66 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

53 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.