Competitions · Spain

Baztan Open 2023

Elizondo, Navarra · 7 April 2023 · 10 events · 48 competitors · 54 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won four of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Carlos Méndez García-Barroso by 0.48 seconds. 48 competitors produced 54 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and one people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Manuel Prieto de Antón set the Skewb single continental record: 0.88.

Four wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.48s

closest final — Skewb, Carlos Méndez García-Barroso over Jaime Calzado Gomez

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	5.80	6.38
2×2	Antonie Paterakis	0.93	1.27
4×4	Patrick Ponce	23.22	24.59
5×5	Patrick Ponce	41.77	47.37
3×3 blindfolded	Julio Perugorria Lorente	58.89	—
3×3 one-handed	Patrick Ponce	8.44	9.64
Megaminx	Raúl Martínez Redondo	39.27	43.51
Pyraminx	Arnau Tous Mateu	1.81	2.14
Skewb	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	1.88	2.33
Square-1	Alejandro Nicolay	7.47	8.16

The PB harvest

54 set · 16 still standing

Manuel Prieto de Antón — Skewb single 0.88: into the top 0.015% of the event's history.
Raúl Martínez Redondo — Skewb single 1.06: into the top 0.07% of the event's history.
Carlos Méndez García-Barroso — 3×3 one-handed single 8.56: into the top 0.34% of the event's history.
Antonie Paterakis — Skewb single 1.45: into the top 0.38% of the event's history.
Àlex Domingo Risco — Skewb single 1.88: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Maider Arce López de Ipiña — Skewb single 1.97: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Daniel Ortega Pastor — Skewb single 2.07: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Javier López Fernández — Skewb single 2.47: into the top 2.8% 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

48 competitors · 654 results · 10 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 6.38 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

48 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.