Competitions · Spain

Gelves Open 2025

Gelves, Sevilla · 22 November 2025 · 12 events · 62 competitors · 62 personal bests

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso won four of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Carlos Méndez García-Barroso by 0.54 seconds. 62 competitors produced 62 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alberto Rodríguez Escobar took a 3×3 single of 34.57 down to 14.19, 59 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso — 3×3, 2×2, Skewb, Square-1

0.54s

closest final — 3×3, Carlos Méndez García-Barroso over Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	7.19	8.25
2×2	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	1.43	1.74
4×4	Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña	29.80	32.69
5×5	Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña	1:05.94	1:07.77
6×6	Josete Sánchez	2:05.45	2:07.85
7×7	Josete Sánchez	3:26.76	3:27.76
3×3 blindfolded	Andrés Rodríguez Galán	29.86	—
Megaminx	Raúl Cuevas Castillo	35.45	40.80
Pyraminx	Andrés Rodríguez Galán	1.48	2.41
Skewb	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	1.88	2.49
Square-1	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	8.44	8.79
3×3 Multi-Blind	Andrés Rodríguez Galán	22 of 26 cubes · 56:07	—

The PB harvest

62 set · 23 still standing

Hugo Peña Pavón — 3×3 single 11.07: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Daniel Martínez Rodríguez — 3×3 single 11.19: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
Liberto Ventura Mesa — Megaminx single 1:08.92: into the top 15.0% of the event's history.
Blanca Piédrola Sánchez — Megaminx single 1:13.05: into the top 17.5% of the event's history.
Ventura Márquez Grima — 7×7 single 3:29.36: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.
Hugo Peña Pavón — 4×4 single 52.28: into the top 27.5% of the event's history.
George Edward Maxwell — 4×4 single 57.95: into the top 34.2% of the event's history.
Blanca Piédrola Sánchez — Square-1 single 27.44: into the top 44.5% 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

62 competitors · 471 results · 12 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 8.25 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

62 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.