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Competitions · Spain

Alcalá la Real 2017

Alcalá la Real, Jaén · 28 January 2017 · 6 events · 39 competitors · 36 personal bests

Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña won three of the six events (4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Guillermo Cascales Ñíguez by 0.10 seconds. 39 competitors produced 36 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Samuel García Moreno took a 2×2 single of 16.00 down to 7.89, 51 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña — 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed
0.10s
closest final — 3×3, Guillermo Cascales Ñíguez over Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña
36
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Guillermo Cascales Ñíguez10.4211.98
2×2Guillermo Cascales Ñíguez2.212.79
4×4Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña43.9145.51
3×3 blindfoldedÁlvaro Aguilar Salobreña2:41.84
3×3 one-handedÁlvaro Aguilar Salobreña19.1824.31
PyraminxAlejandro García-Carrasco Gómez4.136.33

The PB harvest

36 set · 5 still standing

First-timers

18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

39 competitors · 194 results · 6 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. Guillermo Cascales Ñíguez won it with a 11.98 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

39 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.