Competitions · Spain

Balaguer Medieval 2023

Balaguer, Lleida · 3 June 2023 · 4 events · 100 competitors · 42 personal bests

Arnau Tous Mateu won three of the four events (3×3, Pyraminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Arnau Tous Mateu by 0.08 seconds. 100 competitors produced 42 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 50 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Arnau Tous Mateu set the Pyraminx single national record: 1.02.

Three wins

Arnau Tous Mateu — 3×3, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.08s

closest final — 3×3, Arnau Tous Mateu over Elian Beguec

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Arnau Tous Mateu	7.08	8.14
2×2	Elian Beguec	1.61	2.26
Pyraminx	Arnau Tous Mateu	1.19	2.48
Skewb	Arnau Tous Mateu	3.07	3.76

The PB harvest

42 set · 16 still standing

Arnau Tous Mateu — Pyraminx single 1.02: into the top 0.043% of the event's history.
Martí Esquerda Amézcua — 3×3 single 9.05: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Adrià Arcos — 3×3 single 10.42: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Héctor Hernández Genescà — 3×3 single 11.86: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Axel Serrano Carrillo — Skewb single 5.99: into the top 25.6% of the event's history.
Pol Mundo — 2×2 single 4.08: into the top 27.5% of the event's history.
Axel Serrano Carrillo — 2×2 single 4.12: into the top 28.0% of the event's history.
Alan Martínez — 3×3 single 22.97: into the top 47.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

50 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

100 competitors · 435 results · 4 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. Arnau Tous Mateu won it with a 8.14 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

100 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.