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Alicante Open 2017

Alicante · 25 November 2017 · 11 events · 33 competitors · 63 personal bests

Alberto Pérez de Rada Fiol won four of the eleven events (4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Josete Sánchez by 0.03 seconds. 33 competitors produced 63 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Josete Sánchez set the 3×3 with feet single national record: 41.24.

Four wins
Alberto Pérez de Rada Fiol — 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx
0.03s
closest final — Skewb, Josete Sánchez over Jorge Alfageme Sotillos
63
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jerónimo Ibarra Bernal10.5011.17
2×2Jerónimo Ibarra Bernal2.573.40
4×4Alberto Pérez de Rada Fiol40.7742.14
5×5Josete Sánchez1:10.881:16.71
3×3 blindfoldedJosete Sánchez1:32.03
3×3 Fewest MovesJerónimo Ibarra Bernal31 moves34.00
3×3 one-handedAlberto Pérez de Rada Fiol18.6319.70
MegaminxAlberto Pérez de Rada Fiol1:04.521:06.94
PyraminxAlberto Pérez de Rada Fiol3.654.85
SkewbJosete Sánchez5.065.55
3×3 with feetJosete Sánchez41.2446.39

The PB harvest

63 set · 13 still standing

First-timers

Five 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

33 competitors · 337 results · 11 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. Jerónimo Ibarra Bernal won it with a 11.17 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

33 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.