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CVDB Open 2016

Villanueva de la Serena, Badajoz · 3 September 2016 · 9 events · 32 competitors · 36 personal bests

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso won four of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Manuel Prieto de Antón by 0.02 seconds. 32 competitors produced 36 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Afonso Carapeto set the 3×3 single national record: 8.92.

Four wins
Carlos Méndez García-Barroso — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.02s
closest final — Square-1, Manuel Prieto de Antón over Carlos Méndez García-Barroso
36
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Carlos Méndez García-Barroso8.8310.24
2×2Carlos Méndez García-Barroso1.452.77
4×4Carlos Méndez García-Barroso40.5042.96
3×3 blindfoldedRodrigo Pueblas Núñez1:17.341:27.47
3×3 one-handedCarlos Méndez García-Barroso13.6515.28
PyraminxGonzalo Orellana Barrasa3.774.88
SkewbManuel Prieto de Antón4.315.13
Square-1Manuel Prieto de Antón16.9020.34
3×3 Multi-BlindRodrigo Pueblas Núñez10 of 13 cubes · 56:13

The PB harvest

36 set · 9 still standing

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

32 competitors · 225 results · 9 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 10.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

32 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.