Competitions · Spain

Cartagena UPCT Open 2025

Cartagena · 7 June 2025 · 10 events · 43 competitors · 56 personal bests

Pablo Amoraga Velasco won four of the ten events (4×4, 5×5, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Marcos Juan López Barberá by 0.14 seconds. 43 competitors produced 56 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Pablo Amoraga Velasco set the Megaminx single national record: 29.68.

Four wins

Pablo Amoraga Velasco — 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx, Skewb

0.14s

closest final — 3×3, Marcos Juan López Barberá over Pablo Amoraga Velasco

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Marcos Juan López Barberá	8.36	9.33
2×2	Marco Criado Gómez	2.03	2.43
4×4	Pablo Amoraga Velasco	33.81	35.22
5×5	Pablo Amoraga Velasco	56.90	1:05.98
3×3 blindfolded	Iker Carrasco Ruiz	24.30	—
Clock	Blanca Hidalgo Domingo	3.99	4.71
Megaminx	Pablo Amoraga Velasco	33.67	35.32
Skewb	Pablo Amoraga Velasco	3.70	5.32
Square-1	Marco Criado Gómez	12.24	13.61
3×3 Multi-Blind	Iker Carrasco Ruiz	20 of 27 cubes · 57:11	—

The PB harvest

56 set · 21 still standing

Marcos Juan López Barberá — 2×2 single 1.76: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Enrique Larriviere Teruel — 2×2 single 1.80: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Francisco Huertas Molina — 3×3 single 10.31: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Vicente Iglesias Rodríguez — 2×2 single 2.65: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
Bruno Carrasco Bustamante — 2×2 single 2.70: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Mario López García — 2×2 single 2.80: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
Marcos Juan López Barberá — Megaminx single 1:03.86: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
Carlos Pérez Martínez — 2×2 single 2.88: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

43 competitors · 375 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. Marcos Juan López Barberá won it with a 9.33 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

43 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.