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Competitions · Spain

Ciu La Mancha Open 2026

Ciudad Real · 29 August 2026 · 11 events · 28 competitors · 43 personal bests

Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña won four of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña by 0.04 seconds. 28 competitors produced 43 personal bests, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Junji Qiu (裘俊佶) took a 2×2 single of 3.26 down to 0.95, 71 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5
0.04s
closest final — 2×2, Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña over Miguel Ángel González-Herrero García
43
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña7.158.11
2×2Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña1.732.42
4×4Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña32.4834.28
5×5Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña1:02.421:08.68
6×6Jose Sánchez García2:02.692:05.66
7×7Raúl Cuevas Castillo3:20.763:27.78
3×3 blindfoldedRaúl Cuevas Castillo55.131:05.31
MegaminxRaúl Cuevas Castillo33.5939.68
PyraminxLucas Campaniello González2.133.06
SkewbJose Sánchez García3.224.01
Square-1Jose Sánchez García11.4113.49

The PB harvest

43 set · 43 still standing

First-timers

Three 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

28 competitors · 300 results · 11 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. Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña won it with a 8.11 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

28 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.