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Alicante Open 2016

Alicante · 20 August 2016 · 13 events · 38 competitors · 82 personal bests

Callum Hales-Jepp won nine of the 13 events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Alberto Pérez de Rada Fiol by 0.10 seconds. 38 competitors produced 82 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

John Tuquerrez Andrango set the 4×4 single national record: 1:08.56.

Nine wins
Callum Hales-Jepp — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Skewb, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind, 3×3 with feet
0.10s
closest final — Pyraminx, Alberto Pérez de Rada Fiol over Callum Hales-Jepp
82
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Callum Hales-Jepp9.4211.24
2×2Alberto Pérez de Rada Fiol2.923.70
4×4Callum Hales-Jepp33.8646.89
3×3 blindfoldedCallum Hales-Jepp56.541:00.31
3×3 Fewest MovesJerónimo Ibarra Bernal29 moves37.00
3×3 one-handedCallum Hales-Jepp16.5817.18
MegaminxCallum Hales-Jepp1:02.411:10.15
PyraminxAlberto Pérez de Rada Fiol4.036.30
SkewbCallum Hales-Jepp6.146.45
4×4 blindfoldedJavier Tirado Ortiz
5×5 blindfoldedCallum Hales-Jepp11:56.00
3×3 Multi-BlindCallum Hales-Jepp13 of 13 cubes · 43:40
3×3 with feetCallum Hales-Jepp45.2848.90

The PB harvest

82 set · 14 still standing

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

38 competitors · 274 results · 13 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. Callum Hales-Jepp won it with a 11.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

38 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.