Competitions · Spain
Arriate Open 2026
Arriate, Málaga · 18 April 2026 · 12 events · 21 competitors · 22 personal bests
Raúl Cuevas Castillo won five of the twelve events (5×5, 6×6, Clock) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Leonard Wetzel by 0.22 seconds. 21 competitors produced 22 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Pablo Romero García took a 2×2 single of 9.27 down to 6.77, 27 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña | 8.13 | 8.88 |
| 2×2 | Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña | 1.76 | 2.48 |
| 4×4 | Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña | 28.35 | 32.26 |
| 5×5 | Raúl Cuevas Castillo | 1:06.82 | 1:11.10 |
| 6×6 | Raúl Cuevas Castillo | 2:05.99 | 2:16.77 |
| 7×7 | Ventura Márquez Grima | 3:41.30 | 3:50.47 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Sergio Chaparro Díaz-Cano | 58.93 | — |
| Clock | Raúl Cuevas Castillo | 6.23 | 6.58 |
| Megaminx | Raúl Cuevas Castillo | 34.97 | 38.27 |
| Pyraminx | Raúl Cuevas Castillo | 1.92 | 2.70 |
| Skewb | Leonard Wetzel | 2.95 | 3.75 |
| Square-1 | Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña | 10.78 | 11.72 |
The PB harvest
22 set · 11 still standing- Ventura Márquez Grima — 3×3 single 8.74: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
- Maksym Mochernyuk Dzhygrynyuk — Skewb single 5.14: into the top 19.3% of the event's history.
- Ventura Márquez Grima — Megaminx single 1:17.88: into the top 20.4% of the event's history.
- Francisco Javier García Góngora — Megaminx single 1:41.78: into the top 35.7% of the event's history.
- Maksym Mochernyuk Dzhygrynyuk — Clock single 12.42: into the top 37.0% of the event's history.
- Pablo Romero García — 3×3 single 24.89: into the top 52.4% of the event's history.
- Manuel Santos García — 3×3 single 27.81: into the top 58.5% of the event's history.
- Pablo Romero García — 2×2 single 6.77: into the top 58.5% of the event's history.
First-timers
Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. 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
21 competitors · 186 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. Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña won it with a 8.88 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
R' B' F2 D' R2 D' U2 F2 L2 U' L2 B2 R D R2 F' U2 F R' - 2
L B D' L' B2 U D R' D2 B L2 F' B U2 L2 F U2 D' B' - 3
D B2 D2 F2 U F2 L2 R2 B' L2 D R2 D2 L' D F R F' R' - 4
U' L2 B' U2 B' F' U2 R2 D2 L D2 U2 B D2 L D L2 D L' - 5
L U' B' F' R2 D2 R2 B' L2 U2 F' D2 L2 R D' L' B U F' U' L2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
21 competitors- Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña
- Antonio Expósito Vegas
- Fernando Sáez Lázaro
- Francisco Huertas Molina
- Francisco Javier García Góngora
- Gabriel Llavero Torres
- Genet Duarte Clavijo
- Javier Romero Garcia
- Leonard Wetzel
- Maksym Mochernyuk Dzhygrynyuk
- Manuel Santos García
- Miguel Fernández Díaz
- Mikhail Louw
- Noah Jordán Alba
- Pablo Romero García
- Petra Wetzel
- Raúl Cuevas Castillo
- Sarah Jane Bamford Garcia
- Sergio Chaparro Díaz-Cano
- Thomas Bamford
- Ventura Márquez Grima
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.