Competitions · Spain
El Corazón de La Axarquía II 2025
Vélez - Málaga, Málaga · 18 October 2025 · 9 events · 41 competitors · 52 personal bests
Alec Stromberg won three of the nine events (2×2, Pyraminx, Square-1) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Alec Stromberg by 0.11 seconds. 41 competitors produced 52 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Diego Martínez Linares took a Pyraminx single of 9.88 down to 4.59, 54 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Lorenzo Escobar Kraskouskaya | 6.92 | 7.40 |
| 2×2 | Alec Stromberg | 2.63 | 3.12 |
| 4×4 | Raúl Cuevas Castillo | 31.47 | 35.23 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Raúl Cuevas Castillo | 1:13.02 | — |
| Clock | Francisco Javier García Góngora | 4.52 | 5.53 |
| Megaminx | Raúl Cuevas Castillo | 34.27 | 40.51 |
| Pyraminx | Alec Stromberg | 1.95 | 3.13 |
| Skewb | Fernando Sáez Lázaro | 2.95 | 3.62 |
| Square-1 | Alec Stromberg | 8.79 | 12.01 |
The PB harvest
52 set · 31 still standing- Darío Ramírez Pino — 2×2 single 1.13: into the top 0.85% of the event's history.
- Francisco Javier García Góngora — 2×2 single 1.18: into the top 0.98% of the event's history.
- Xin Su — 3×3 single 7.99: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
- Daniel Frias Ramos — 2×2 single 1.77: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
- Arturo Vargas Ovilo — 3×3 single 10.06: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
- Javonn King — Pyraminx single 4.01: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
- Darío Ramírez Pino — 4×4 single 37.36: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
- Diego Martínez Linares — 2×2 single 2.53: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
First-timers
Seven 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
41 competitors · 343 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. Lorenzo Escobar Kraskouskaya won it with a 7.40 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
D' L U2 L2 R2 F2 U B2 U L2 R2 B2 U' L2 F' D2 R' D2 U L - 2
B2 D2 R2 D2 L2 B' R2 F' R U' F' U' L D' B F' D2 U' R2 - 3
F2 U2 F L2 B' R' L' U' D2 R' B2 R D2 F2 B2 R2 D2 U' F' - 4
U R D2 L2 D' R2 F2 U' L2 D' R2 B2 L D' R' B' U' B L2 B - 5
D L2 F' R2 U2 B2 L2 F' D2 L2 F L D B2 U L B' F U' B2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
41 competitors- Alec Stromberg
- Alexis Rodríguez Molina
- Ángela Augustín Sáez de Tejada
- Arturo Vargas Ovilo
- Arvida Elmkvist
- Barabanov Ostap
- Calder Chapuisat
- Daniel Frias Ramos
- Darío Ramírez Pino
- Dáshiel Francisco Pérez Hinderstein
- Diego Garcia Pino
- Diego Martínez Linares
- Elis Elmkvist
- Erik Elmkvist
- Erik Santiago Delgado Enamorado
- Fernando Sáez Lázaro
- Francisco Javier García Góngora
- Francisco José Campos Rocamora
- Gael Galeote Flores
- Gonzalo Moncayo Burgos
- Ida Grandjean Laursen
- Javonn King
- Jessiel Alejandro Cuaces Sigcha
- Jonathan Stromberg
- Jorge David Enamorado García
- Kristóf Fehér-Szabó
- Laura Freitas Martín
- Leonard Wetzel
- Lorenzo Escobar Kraskouskaya
- Luca Laurent Hue
- Maksym Mochernyuk Dzhygrynyuk
- Nicolás Enamorado García
- Nicolas Lew-Starowicz
- Pablo Campos Fernández
- Paul Schmiliver
- Petra Wetzel
- Quin Stultiens
- Raúl Cuevas Castillo
- Unni Elmkvist
- Ventura Márquez Grima
- Xin Su
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.