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Apollo Open 2014

Valencia · 4 May 2014 · 9 events · 40 competitors · 60 personal bests

Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras won five of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras by 0.02 seconds. 40 competitors produced 60 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras set the 4×4 single national record: 48.45.

Five wins
Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded
0.02s
closest final — 2×2, Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras over Kevin Ruiz
60
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras12.4113.46
2×2Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras2.305.41
4×4Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras50.4354.82
5×5Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras1:43.582:15.41
3×3 blindfoldedOscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras3:00.76—
3×3 one-handedJosé Miguel Lanz Mendoza24.9727.89
MegaminxMario Delgado1:30.881:49.80
PyraminxJacob Sanchez6.517.79
SkewbJacob Sanchez9.3611.13

The PB harvest

60 set · 13 still standing
  • Carlos Elias Prado Nieves — 3×3 single 16.21: into the top 28.5% of the event's history.
  • Mario Delgado — Megaminx single 1:30.88: into the top 28.8% of the event's history.
  • Bryan Gomez — 3×3 one-handed single 23.24: into the top 29.4% of the event's history.
  • Mario Delgado — 3×3 single 17.20: into the top 31.6% of the event's history.
  • Bryan Gomez — 2×2 single 4.96: into the top 38.8% of the event's history.
  • Mario Delgado — 2×2 single 5.07: into the top 40.2% of the event's history.
  • Mario Delgado — 3×3 one-handed single 33.06: into the top 53.5% of the event's history.
  • Jurgens Filiaggi — 3×3 blindfolded single 3:17.06: into the top 57.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

40 competitors · 235 results · 9 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. Oscar Alberto Ceballos Contreras won it with a 13.46 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

40 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.