Competitions · Spain

Basauri Open 2023

Basauri, Bizkaia · 3 November 2023 · 15 events · 56 competitors · 72 personal bests

Arthur Garcin won three of the 15 events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nicolas Egal Castro by 0.06 seconds. 56 competitors produced 72 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and one people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alexander García Matthies took a Square-1 single of 1:21.18 down to 32.33, 60 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Arthur Garcin — 3×3, 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded

0.06s

closest final — 2×2, Nicolas Egal Castro over Alex Rosado Saez de Langarica

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Arthur Garcin	6.61	10.20
2×2	Nicolas Egal Castro	3.16	3.43
4×4	Eder Olivencia González	25.98	30.48
5×5	Eder Olivencia González	44.56	51.68
6×6	Zhedong Wang (王哲栋)	2:10.82	2:19.20
7×7	Zhedong Wang (王哲栋)	3:10.81	3:23.63
3×3 blindfolded	Arthur Garcin	18.54	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Pi Sevilla Hernández	32 moves	—
Clock	Alex Rosado Saez de Langarica	6.69	8.36
Megaminx	Eder Olivencia González	44.85	47.93
Pyraminx	Aratz Larruzea	2.34	3.43
Skewb	Jorge Orrite De Alba	2.63	3.82
Square-1	Alejandro Nicolay	8.80	10.65
4×4 blindfolded	Arthur Garcin	3:27.97	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Arthur Cambon	18 of 20 cubes · 55:12	—

The PB harvest

72 set · 26 still standing

Arthur Garcin — 3×3 single 6.61: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
Pi Sevilla Hernández — 2×2 single 2.19: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Julio Perugorria Lorente — 3×3 blindfolded single 41.46: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Nicolas Egal Castro — Pyraminx single 4.47: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Alexander García Matthies — 2×2 single 2.73: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Jon López Oya — Pyraminx single 5.01: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
Maitane Careaga Blanco — Pyraminx single 5.25: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
Jon López Oya — 4×4 single 57.56: into the top 33.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

One person 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

56 competitors · 561 results · 15 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. Arthur Garcin won it with a 10.20 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

56 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.