Competitions · Spain

Aldeilla FMC Open 2023

Santa María del Águila, Almería · 22 July 2023 · 8 events · 47 competitors · 44 personal bests

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso won two of the eight events (3×3, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Mauro Moisés Ortega López by 0.03 seconds. 47 competitors produced 44 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Mauro Moisés Ortega López set the 3×3 Fewest Moves average continental record: 21.67.

Two wins

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso — 3×3, Skewb

0.03s

closest final — 2×2, Mauro Moisés Ortega López over Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	6.54	8.15
2×2	Mauro Moisés Ortega López	0.97	2.56
4×4	Rafael Rodriguez Santana	28.48	34.21
3×3 Fewest Moves	Louis Sarthou	19 moves	22.33
Megaminx	Raúl Cuevas Castillo	36.55	44.38
Pyraminx	Raúl Cuevas Castillo	3.02	4.34
Skewb	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	2.19	2.72
Square-1	Oscar Sánchez Najarro	7.61	9.25

The PB harvest

44 set · 19 still standing

Louis Sarthou — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 18 moves: into the top 0.17% of the event's history.
Mauro Moisés Ortega López — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 18 moves: into the top 0.17% of the event's history.
Mauro Moisés Ortega López — 2×2 single 0.97: into the top 0.5% of the event's history.
Rafael Rodriguez Santana — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 20 moves: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Josete Sánchez — 3×3 single 6.68: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Jose Sánchez García — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 23 moves: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
José Miguel Romero Castellón — 3×3 single 8.37: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Jorge Martín Espinosa — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 25 moves: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

47 competitors · 372 results · 8 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. Carlos Méndez García-Barroso won it with a 8.15 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

47 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.