Competitions · Spain

Bilbao Open 2018

Bilbao · 1 September 2018 · 14 events · 67 competitors · 116 personal bests

Eder Olivencia González won four of the 14 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Julen Simón Iriarte by 0.02 seconds. 67 competitors produced 116 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Mario Diez del Corral took a Square-1 single of 2:18.34 down to 29.17, 79 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Eder Olivencia González — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 7×7

0.02s

closest final — 2×2, Julen Simón Iriarte over Mauro Moisés Ortega López

116

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Eder Olivencia González	9.46	10.30
2×2	Julen Simón Iriarte	1.73	2.49
4×4	Eder Olivencia González	28.88	32.92
5×5	Eder Olivencia González	1:01.66	1:04.07
6×6	Mauro Moisés Ortega López	2:05.19	2:11.28
7×7	Eder Olivencia González	3:20.73	3:28.96
3×3 blindfolded	Alexander Olleta del Molino	1:30.03	—
3×3 one-handed	Julen Simón Iriarte	15.78	18.89
Megaminx	Manuel Prieto de Antón	57.59	1:00.96
Pyraminx	Manuel Prieto de Antón	3.36	4.26
Skewb	Javier Tovar Castro	2.40	3.67
Square-1	Daniel Gracia Ortiz	11.01	11.91
4×4 blindfolded	Alexander Olleta del Molino	7:07.83	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Jesús Lindo García	8 of 11 cubes · 56:29	—

The PB harvest

116 set · 17 still standing

Ting Sheng Bao Yang — Skewb single 2.88: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
David Antón Sanz — Skewb single 3.80: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Unai Castillo Erro — Square-1 single 13.72: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
Mario Diez del Corral — 3×3 single 13.48: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.
Hugo Presa Martínez — Megaminx single 1:29.87: into the top 28.1% of the event's history.
Ismael Piñero — 3×3 single 17.33: into the top 32.0% of the event's history.
Daniel Gracia Ortiz — 7×7 single 4:05.50: into the top 32.8% of the event's history.
Cristian Saltos Diaz — 4×4 single 1:00.28: into the top 36.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

67 competitors · 655 results · 14 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. Eder Olivencia González won it with a 10.30 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

67 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.