Competitions · Spain

Imaginalia Open 2018

Albacete · 17 February 2018 · 15 events · 60 competitors · 142 personal bests

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso won six of the 15 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Carlos Méndez García-Barroso by 0.07 seconds. 60 competitors produced 142 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Carlos Tapp set the 7×7 single national record: 2:19.37.

Six wins

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Clock

0.07s

closest final — 5×5, Carlos Méndez García-Barroso over Carlos Tapp

142

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	7.47	8.45
2×2	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	1.70	1.95
4×4	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	30.35	36.52
5×5	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	1:01.72	1:08.38
6×6	Carlos Tapp	1:42.51	1:51.01
7×7	Carlos Tapp	2:19.37	2:27.23
3×3 blindfolded	Josete Sánchez	59.64	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Manuel Prieto de Antón	32 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	11.14	15.44
Clock	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	7.20	10.30
Megaminx	Manuel Prieto de Antón	54.45	56.92
Pyraminx	Manuel Prieto de Antón	3.10	4.13
Skewb	Manuel Prieto de Antón	2.58	3.81
Square-1	Javier López Fernández	11.38	12.95
3×3 with feet	Josete Sánchez	39.41	47.53

The PB harvest

142 set · 43 still standing

José María García Carrión — Pyraminx single 2.15: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Jorge Alfageme Sotillos — Pyraminx single 2.50: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Jesús Cuenca Martínez — Pyraminx single 2.92: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Jerónimo Ibarra Bernal — Pyraminx single 3.29: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Pablo Añover Martínez — 2×2 single 2.85: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
Jorge Alfageme Sotillos — 5×5 single 1:11.76: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
Enrique García Villamiel — Pyraminx single 5.04: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Rubén Moreno Martinez — 4×4 single 41.36: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve 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

60 competitors · 608 results · 15 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 8.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

60 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.