Competitions · Spain

Archena Open 2016

Archena, Murcia · 2 July 2016 · 14 events · 60 competitors · 102 personal bests

Rodrigo Pueblas Núñez won four of the 14 events (3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, 4×4 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Pablo Aguilar Dominguez by 0.04 seconds. 60 competitors produced 102 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anas Meziani set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 22.05.

Four wins

Rodrigo Pueblas Núñez — 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded

0.04s

closest final — 2×2, Pablo Aguilar Dominguez over Alberto Pérez de Rada Fiol

102

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jorge Castillo Matas	10.01	11.39
2×2	Pablo Aguilar Dominguez	3.50	3.78
4×4	Rafael Rodriguez Santana	37.33	42.82
3×3 blindfolded	Rodrigo Pueblas Núñez	1:09.82	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Javier Cabezuelo Sánchez	26 moves	30.33
3×3 one-handed	Rodrigo Pueblas Núñez	15.70	18.10
Megaminx	Alexandre Toledo Guillén	1:14.02	1:18.24
Pyraminx	Marcos Saborido Rey	4.76	6.61
Skewb	Carlos Molina Alcolea	4.51	5.42
Square-1	Jorge Castillo Matas	19.21	22.22
4×4 blindfolded	Rodrigo Pueblas Núñez	5:28.51	—
5×5 blindfolded	Rodrigo Pueblas Núñez	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Josete Sánchez	10 of 10 cubes · 48:25	—
3×3 with feet	Alberto Pérez de Rada Fiol	1:06.88	1:14.89

The PB harvest

102 set · 35 still standing

Fernando de la Gándara — 2×2 single 3.00: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
María Estefanía Martínez Ayala — 2×2 single 3.01: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
Ramón Pacheco Rico — 2×2 single 3.53: into the top 20.6% of the event's history.
José Vidal Madrid — 2×2 single 3.61: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
Rodrigo Pueblas Núñez — 4×4 blindfolded single 5:28.51: into the top 25.3% of the event's history.
Jorge Castillo Matas — Square-1 single 19.21: into the top 26.1% of the event's history.
Rodrigo Pueblas Núñez — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 8 of 9 cubes · 44:36: into the top 26.5% of the event's history.
César Pagán Villafañe — 3×3 single 19.73: into the top 39.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

10 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

60 competitors · 473 results · 14 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. Jorge Castillo Matas won it with a 11.39 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

60 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.