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Cartagena UPCT Open 2017

Cartagena · 18 March 2017 · 14 events · 34 competitors · 56 personal bests

Javier Hernandez Requena won four of the 14 events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Oleg Fomenkov by 0.14 seconds. 34 competitors produced 56 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Anas Meziani set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 11:38.00.

Four wins
Javier Hernandez Requena — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.14s
closest final — Pyraminx, Oleg Fomenkov over Jorge Ruiz De Almirón Denia
56
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Carlos Molina Alcolea11.7212.24
2×2Javier López Fernández2.433.73
4×4Guillermo Conde Gil42.4149.28
5×5Guillermo Conde Gil1:15.501:21.19
3×3 blindfoldedJavier Hernandez Requena1:21.96
3×3 Fewest MovesJavier Cabezuelo Sánchez28 moves30.33
3×3 one-handedCarlos Molina Alcolea20.5223.72
MegaminxAlexander Olleta del Molino1:17.241:21.87
PyraminxOleg Fomenkov5.627.05
SkewbJaime Borja Rosagro4.395.98
Square-1Javier López Fernández12.0914.17
4×4 blindfoldedJavier Hernandez Requena8:19.28
5×5 blindfoldedJavier Hernandez Requena30:31.00
3×3 Multi-BlindJavier Hernandez Requena5 of 5 cubes · 24:22

The PB harvest

56 set · 16 still standing

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

34 competitors · 268 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. Carlos Molina Alcolea won it with a 12.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

34 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.