Competitions · Spain

Begastri Open 2026

Cehegín, Murcia · 20 August 2026 · 17 events · 56 competitors · 87 personal bests

Oliver Fritz won six of the 17 events (4×4, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Raúl Cuevas Castillo by 0.01 seconds. 56 competitors produced 87 personal bests, 84 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Oliver Fritz set the 4×4 blindfolded average national record: 2:14.02.

Six wins

Oliver Fritz — 4×4, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind

0.01s

closest final — Pyraminx, Raúl Cuevas Castillo over Lucía González Garcia-Moya

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lorenzo Escobar Kraskouskaya	6.27	7.64
2×2	Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña	1.87	2.03
4×4	Oliver Fritz	27.56	29.87
5×5	Arián Martín Núñez	46.21	51.82
6×6	Elies Qin Lloret Garcia	1:26.15	1:32.79
7×7	Elies Qin Lloret Garcia	2:24.87	2:27.85
3×3 blindfolded	Iker Carrasco Ruiz	15.80	19.81
3×3 Fewest Moves	Oliver Fritz	20 moves	23.00
3×3 one-handed	Oliver Fritz	10.34	11.67
Clock	Raúl Cuevas Castillo	5.38	5.81
Megaminx	Pablo Amoraga Velasco	27.48	34.93
Pyraminx	Raúl Cuevas Castillo	1.63	2.61
Skewb	Alex Rosado Saez de Langarica	1.56	2.17
Square-1	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	6.77	8.74
4×4 blindfolded	Oliver Fritz	4:09.46	—
5×5 blindfolded	Oliver Fritz	5:55.77	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Oliver Fritz	18 of 21 cubes · 56:59	—

The PB harvest

87 set · 84 still standing

Lucía González Garcia-Moya — Pyraminx single 1.46: into the top 0.37% of the event's history.
Marcos Caballero Marsilla — Clock single 2.83: into the top 0.56% of the event's history.
Arián Martín Núñez — Pyraminx single 1.91: into the top 0.99% of the event's history.
Alex Rosado Saez de Langarica — Square-1 single 6.30: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Oliver Fritz — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 20 moves: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
David Sánchez Peris — Skewb single 1.96: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Arnau López García — 3×3 single 7.50: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Lucía González Garcia-Moya — 3×3 single 7.79: into the top 2.4% 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

56 competitors · 989 results · 17 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. Lorenzo Escobar Kraskouskaya won it with a 7.64 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.