Competitions · Spain
El Ejido Open 2025
El Ejido, Almería · 15 March 2025 · 9 events · 28 competitors · 36 personal bests
Pablo Amoraga Velasco won four of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Pablo Amoraga Velasco by 0.14 seconds. 28 competitors produced 36 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Jose Sánchez García took a 2×2 single of 2.15 down to 1.12, 48 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Pablo Amoraga Velasco | 9.28 | 9.50 |
| 2×2 | Marco Criado Gómez | 1.35 | 1.64 |
| 4×4 | Pablo Amoraga Velasco | 32.39 | 33.78 |
| 5×5 | Pablo Amoraga Velasco | 1:02.45 | 1:07.29 |
| Clock | Blanca Hidalgo Domingo | 4.23 | 4.65 |
| Megaminx | Pablo Amoraga Velasco | 35.04 | 36.13 |
| Pyraminx | Raúl Cuevas Castillo | 2.83 | 3.49 |
| Skewb | Raúl Cuevas Castillo | 4.66 | 4.79 |
| Square-1 | Hugó Székely | 11.04 | 14.01 |
The PB harvest
36 set · 6 still standing- Jose Sánchez García — 2×2 single 1.12: into the top 0.82% of the event's history.
- Iker Carrasco Ruiz — 2×2 single 1.31: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
- Hugó Székely — 2×2 single 1.61: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
- Javonn King — Clock single 6.60: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
- Hugó Székely — Clock single 7.40: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
- Jonathan Stromberg — 2×2 single 2.88: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
First-timers
Five 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
28 competitors · 315 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. Pablo Amoraga Velasco won it with a 9.50 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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D' L B2 U L2 D2 L2 D2 F2 D' B' U' B' F' D2 B F L - 2
B2 R' B2 L F2 D' F D2 R' D2 L2 U2 L B2 R L2 B2 U R2 F' - 3
R' F2 D L D' L2 R2 D2 U' F2 L2 D L D B R D' R D' - 4
U' L2 D B D2 R2 B2 F' R2 D2 L R' F D2 B2 R2 F U' - 5
R F' B2 R2 F2 L' D2 R' D2 F' R' D' B2 D L2 R' D'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
28 competitors- Abel Martínez Salas
- Alec Stromberg
- Blanca Hidalgo Domingo
- Hanzhan Zhao
- Hugó Székely
- Iker Carrasco Ruiz
- Iván Criado García
- Javonn King
- Jonathan Stromberg
- José Enrique Pardo López
- José Gabriel Pringles Quero
- Jose Sánchez García
- Juan Antonio González Zapata
- Luis Lopez Figueredo
- Marco Criado Gómez
- Marcos Caballero Marsilla
- Miguel Ángel Galdeano Medina
- Nuria Soria García
- Pablo Amoraga Velasco
- Pedro Collado Palma
- Quin Stultiens
- Rafael Medina Facal
- Rafael Rodriguez Santana
- Raúl Cuevas Castillo
- Sergio Hidalgo López
- Tomás Hidalgo Salvador
- Tyrell Wade King
- Valentino Ruiz Rivas
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.