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Dual Games Alicante 2016

Alicante · 17 December 2016 · 7 events · 32 competitors · 53 personal bests

Josete Sánchez won two of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Raúl Banacloche Biot by 0.46 seconds. 32 competitors produced 53 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alejandro Salvador Egido took a 2×2 single of 14.82 down to 6.63, 55 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Josete Sánchez — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.46s
closest final — 2×2, Raúl Banacloche Biot over Guillermo Cascales Ñíguez
53
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Josete Sánchez10.4111.93
2×2Raúl Banacloche Biot3.233.68
4×4Jerónimo Ibarra Bernal37.9043.88
5×5Jerónimo Ibarra Bernal1:23.521:31.84
3×3 blindfoldedBerta García Parra34.99
3×3 one-handedJosete Sánchez19.3424.28
MegaminxAlexandre Toledo Guillén1:19.111:26.67

The PB harvest

53 set · 8 still standing

First-timers

Seven 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

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

The field

32 competitors · 203 results · 7 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. Josete Sánchez won it with a 11.93 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.