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Fundación de Cuenca Open 2023

Cuenca · 15 April 2023 · 6 events · 34 competitors · 26 personal bests

Anthony Gavilanes Coello won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas by 0.04 seconds. 34 competitors produced 26 personal bests, 3 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yarik Sebastián Chalán Lozano took a 2×2 single of 7.79 down to 3.64, 53 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Anthony Gavilanes Coello — 3×3, 4×4
0.04s
closest final — Skewb, Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas over Sebastián Mateo España Chango
26
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Anthony Gavilanes Coello8.5410.16
2×2Sebastián Mateo España Chango3.323.72
4×4Anthony Gavilanes Coello44.6049.23
3×3 one-handedJosué Ordóñez19.6420.37
PyraminxLuis Fernando Aldás Cuestas6.248.72
SkewbLuis Fernando Aldás Cuestas6.157.03

The PB harvest

26 set · 3 still standing

First-timers

16 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

34 competitors · 125 results · 6 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. Anthony Gavilanes Coello won it with a 10.16 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

34 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.