Competitions · Spain

Arnold Open 2018

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona · 29 September 2018 · 12 events · 91 competitors · 121 personal bests

Manuel Prieto de Antón won five of the twelve events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Eder Olivencia González by 0.24 seconds. 91 competitors produced 121 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Berta García Parra set the 3×3 blindfolded average national record: 24.75.

Five wins

Manuel Prieto de Antón — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.24s

closest final — 3×3, Eder Olivencia González over Daniel Cofreces Jaureguizar

121

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Eder Olivencia González	8.83	9.71
2×2	Manuel Prieto de Antón	2.22	2.51
4×4	Eder Olivencia González	28.48	30.68
5×5	Eder Olivencia González	1:01.91	1:04.97
3×3 blindfolded	Berta García Parra	24.64	24.75
3×3 Fewest Moves	Alejandro Riveiro Rodríguez	30 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Manuel Prieto de Antón	14.93	18.39
Clock	Javier Tirado Ortiz	7.83	8.88
Megaminx	Manuel Prieto de Antón	53.23	1:01.63
Pyraminx	Manuel Prieto de Antón	2.77	3.43
Skewb	Manuel Prieto de Antón	3.13	3.41
Square-1	Oscar Sánchez Najarro	13.82	15.34

The PB harvest

121 set · 34 still standing

Carlos Carneros Torner — 2×2 single 2.35: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Víctor Ramos Medina — 3×3 single 10.32: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Alexander de Blois — 3×3 single 10.41: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Bruno de Febrer — 4×4 single 37.05: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Ixent Gallego López — 2×2 single 2.50: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Ting Sheng Bao Yang — Square-1 single 13.14: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Jordi Gómez Villà — Skewb single 4.32: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Adrià Prats — 3×3 one-handed single 18.02: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

91 competitors · 621 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. Eder Olivencia González won it with a 9.71 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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Race this final

Everyone who competed

91 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.