Competitions · Spain

Altasierra 2018

Espartinas, Sevilla · 24 February 2018 · 7 events · 92 competitors · 129 personal bests

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso won five of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Marcos Aparicio Caro by 0.09 seconds. 92 competitors produced 129 personal bests, 56 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Nico Buijs Estévez took a Skewb single of 56.85 down to 10.48, 82 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, Skewb

0.09s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Marcos Aparicio Caro over Carlos Méndez García-Barroso

129

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	5.81	7.91
2×2	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	1.64	2.46
4×4	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	30.49	35.59
3×3 blindfolded	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	1:06.26	—
3×3 one-handed	Marcos Aparicio Caro	11.92	16.87
Pyraminx	Alberto Pérez de Rada Fiol	2.83	3.48
Skewb	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	2.78	3.52

The PB harvest

129 set · 56 still standing

Guillermo Cascales Ñíguez — 2×2 single 1.06: into the top 0.68% of the event's history.
Jerónimo Ibarra Bernal — 2×2 single 1.43: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Juan Silvanio Tirado Illescas — 3×3 single 7.86: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Sergio Bueno Merino — 2×2 single 1.70: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Sergio Bueno Merino — 3×3 single 10.17: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Alejandro Catalán Noviembre — 3×3 single 11.27: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Alejandro Catalán Noviembre — 2×2 single 2.75: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Jorge Ruiz Mejía — Pyraminx single 4.97: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

92 competitors · 491 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 7.91 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

92 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.