Competitions · Spain

Aldeilla sin FMC Open 2023

Santa María del Águila, Almería · 14 October 2023 · 7 events · 39 competitors · 38 personal bests

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso won three of the seven events (3×3, Skewb, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Carlos Méndez García-Barroso by 0.24 seconds. 39 competitors produced 38 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Miguel Ángel Martínez Gallego took a Square-1 single of 1:20.75 down to 35.98, 55 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso — 3×3, Skewb, Square-1

0.24s

closest final — 3×3, Carlos Méndez García-Barroso over Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	6.95	8.19
2×2	Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña	1.85	2.13
4×4	Rafael Rodriguez Santana	33.13	35.47
5×5	Josete Sánchez	1:08.16	1:13.57
Pyraminx	Raúl Cuevas Castillo	3.05	3.45
Skewb	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	2.38	3.10
Square-1	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	7.18	9.17

The PB harvest

38 set · 13 still standing

Elis Elmkvist — 2×2 single 3.13: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
Karel Chamorro Fresno — 2×2 single 4.39: into the top 31.5% of the event's history.
Arvida Elmkvist — 3×3 single 17.96: into the top 34.0% of the event's history.
Iván Guardiola Espinosa — 3×3 single 18.60: into the top 35.9% of the event's history.
Alfonso Marín Crespo — 3×3 single 19.54: into the top 38.6% of the event's history.
Iván Guardiola Espinosa — 2×2 single 5.15: into the top 41.2% of the event's history.
Elis Elmkvist — 5×5 single 1:56.19: into the top 46.8% of the event's history.
Yuhan Wang — 4×4 single 1:14.34: into the top 51.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven 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

39 competitors · 282 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. Carlos Méndez García-Barroso won it with a 8.19 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.