Competitions · Spain

Arnold Classic Europe 2019

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona · 21 September 2019 · 12 events · 68 competitors · 86 personal bests

Dario Roa Sánchez won four of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Megaminx, won by Pau Vela García by 0.03 seconds. 68 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Levi Orta set the 5×5 single national record: 4:13.24.

Four wins

Dario Roa Sánchez — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.03s

closest final — Megaminx, Pau Vela García over Mauro Moisés Ortega López

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Dario Roa Sánchez	6.41	7.47
2×2	Biel Salmons Gonzalez	2.57	2.73
4×4	Dario Roa Sánchez	25.58	29.33
5×5	Dario Roa Sánchez	54.83	57.53
3×3 blindfolded	István Kocza	59.68	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Mauro Moisés Ortega López	34 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Dario Roa Sánchez	13.95	14.61
Clock	Rodrigo Aguilar	10.02	11.01
Megaminx	Pau Vela García	59.35	1:04.59
Pyraminx	Arnau Tous Mateu	3.19	3.38
Skewb	Laura Tarrés Gimeno	3.21	5.01
Square-1	Artur Miralles Hernàndez	10.83	12.28

The PB harvest

86 set · 21 still standing

Arnau Morales Donato — 3×3 single 10.01: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Pol Colomé Cuenca — Skewb single 3.75: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Pau Coll Leclerc — Square-1 single 15.10: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.
Víctor Ramos Medina — 3×3 one-handed single 20.25: into the top 21.2% of the event's history.
Pau Coll Leclerc — Pyraminx single 6.17: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.
Arnau Morales Donato — Pyraminx single 6.92: into the top 27.2% of the event's history.
Juan José Espinosa Oporto — Square-1 single 21.38: into the top 31.1% of the event's history.
Pablo Ferrando Brunet — 5×5 single 1:50.04: into the top 42.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

68 competitors · 485 results · 12 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. Dario Roa Sánchez won it with a 7.47 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

68 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.