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Costa de la Luz Open 2025

Huelva · 17 May 2025 · 13 events · 48 competitors · 54 personal bests

Andrés Rodríguez Galán won five of the 13 events (4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Carlos Méndez García-Barroso by 0.22 seconds. 48 competitors produced 54 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Icaro Ricciardi set the Skewb average national record: 3.22.

Five wins
Andrés Rodríguez Galán — 4×4, 3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded
0.22s
closest final — 3×3, Carlos Méndez García-Barroso over Marisa Revaliente Ruiz
54
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Carlos Méndez García-Barroso7.758.74
2×2Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña1.581.93
4×4Andrés Rodríguez Galán28.5931.40
5×5Josete Sánchez57.781:07.14
6×6Josete Sánchez2:01.832:07.30
7×7Josete Sánchez2:59.083:21.94
3×3 blindfoldedAndrés Rodríguez Galán35.4039.81
3×3 one-handedCarlos Méndez García-Barroso11.4414.59
PyraminxAndrés Rodríguez Galán1.421.82
SkewbCarlos Méndez García-Barroso2.132.67
Square-1Carlos Méndez García-Barroso8.088.40
4×4 blindfoldedAndrés Rodríguez Galán3:26.37
5×5 blindfoldedAndrés Rodríguez Galán8:33.10

The PB harvest

54 set · 13 still standing

First-timers

Six 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

48 competitors · 331 results · 13 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 Méndez García-Barroso won it with a 8.74 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

48 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.