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Écija Open 2025

Écija, Sevilla · 25 January 2025 · 9 events · 77 competitors · 121 personal bests

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso won four of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Carlos Méndez García-Barroso by 0.20 seconds. 77 competitors produced 121 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Victor de Dios Cano took a Pyraminx single of 21.41 down to 7.00, 67 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Carlos Méndez García-Barroso — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, Square-1
0.20s
closest final — 2×2, Carlos Méndez García-Barroso over Antto Pitkänen
121
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Carlos Méndez García-Barroso6.177.93
2×2Carlos Méndez García-Barroso1.942.24
4×4Rafael Rodriguez Santana28.5532.71
5×5Carlos Méndez García-Barroso58.201:07.70
3×3 blindfoldedRaúl Cuevas Castillo1:01.36
ClockAntto Pitkänen4.434.77
PyraminxAlec Stromberg2.523.12
SkewbFernando Sáez Lázaro1.683.22
Square-1Carlos Méndez García-Barroso6.709.00

The PB harvest

121 set · 33 still standing

First-timers

Ten 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

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

The field

77 competitors · 556 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 7.93 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

77 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.