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Competitions · Spain

Costa de la Luz Open 2023

Huelva · 28 April 2023 · 11 events · 59 competitors · 64 personal bests

Josete Sánchez won three of the eleven events (5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña by 0.43 seconds. 59 competitors produced 64 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Pedro Azevedo set the 2×2 average national record: 3.07.

Three wins
Josete Sánchez — 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded
0.43s
closest final — 4×4, Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña over Andrés Rodríguez Galán
64
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Lorenzo Escobar Kraskouskaya7.138.20
2×2Miguel Ángel González-Herrero García1.452.15
4×4Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña30.2536.04
5×5Josete Sánchez1:07.841:13.94
3×3 blindfoldedJosete Sánchez44.50
3×3 Fewest MovesCarlos Méndez García-Barroso27 moves
PyraminxAndrés Rodríguez Galán1.772.46
SkewbCarlos Méndez García-Barroso2.382.67
Square-1Carlos Méndez García-Barroso8.419.29
4×4 blindfoldedJosete Sánchez4:07.06
5×5 blindfoldedÁlvaro Aguilar Salobreña

The PB harvest

64 set · 20 still standing

First-timers

20 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

59 competitors · 354 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. Lorenzo Escobar Kraskouskaya won it with a 8.20 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

59 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.