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Gibraltar Open 2025

Gibraltar, Gibraltar · 26 July 2025 · 9 events · 52 competitors · 54 personal bests

Raúl Cuevas Castillo won two of the nine events (3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña by 0.12 seconds. 52 competitors produced 54 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ángel García Rodríguez took a 2×2 single of 23.86 down to 6.07, 75 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Raúl Cuevas Castillo — 3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx
0.12s
closest final — 4×4, Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña over Carlos Méndez García-Barroso
54
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Marisa Revaliente Ruiz7.037.38
2×2Miguel Ángel González-Herrero García1.512.52
4×4Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña29.6932.88
5×5Arttu Puttonen1:00.181:05.02
3×3 blindfoldedRaúl Cuevas Castillo58.36
ClockJose Sánchez García4.174.75
PyraminxRaúl Cuevas Castillo2.613.08
SkewbCarlos Méndez García-Barroso2.293.24
Square-1Carlos Méndez García-Barroso7.208.60

The PB harvest

54 set · 20 still standing

First-timers

Three 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

52 competitors · 449 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. Marisa Revaliente Ruiz won it with a 7.38 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

52 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.