Competitions · Spain

El Escorial Open 2018

El Escorial, Madrid · 16 June 2018 · 13 events · 91 competitors · 169 personal bests

Manuel Prieto de Antón won three of the 13 events (Clock, Megaminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jorge Alfageme Sotillos by 0.06 seconds. 91 competitors produced 169 personal bests, 41 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Mohamed Ben Driss Chokri set the Pyraminx single national record: 5.77.

Three wins

Manuel Prieto de Antón — Clock, Megaminx, Skewb

0.06s

closest final — 3×3, Jorge Alfageme Sotillos over Rafael Rodriguez Santana

169

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jorge Alfageme Sotillos	8.70	9.43
2×2	Julen Simón Iriarte	2.07	2.84
4×4	Rafael Rodriguez Santana	33.42	36.30
5×5	Rafael Rodriguez Santana	1:13.50	1:16.80
3×3 blindfolded	Daniel Gracia Ortiz	1:10.93	1:18.30
3×3 Fewest Moves	Alexander Olleta del Molino	31 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Julen Simón Iriarte	15.12	16.05
Clock	Manuel Prieto de Antón	9.27	11.19
Megaminx	Manuel Prieto de Antón	51.59	56.71
Pyraminx	Jorge Alfageme Sotillos	3.51	4.63
Skewb	Manuel Prieto de Antón	2.58	3.16
Square-1	Javier López Fernández	10.37	11.05
5×5 blindfolded	Jesús Lindo García	30:39.00	—

The PB harvest

169 set · 41 still standing

Javier López Fernández — Megaminx single 56.17: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Jorge G. Membrillera Pérez — Pyraminx single 4.33: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Sergio Jimenez — Skewb single 3.79: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Miguel Espelleta Pontón — 3×3 single 11.59: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
Álvaro Tovar Castro — 2×2 single 2.91: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
Asier Cardoso Sánchez — 3×3 one-handed single 17.40: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
Sergio Jimenez — Pyraminx single 5.23: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
Eneko Cañedo Martín — 2×2 single 3.18: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

91 competitors · 798 results · 13 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. Jorge Alfageme Sotillos won it with a 9.43 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

91 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.