Competitions · Spain

IndalOpen 2023

Almería · 15 April 2023 · 9 events · 66 competitors · 83 personal bests

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso won three of the nine events (3×3, Skewb, Square-1) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Lorenzo Escobar Kraskouskaya by 0.15 seconds. 66 competitors produced 83 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Hugo Masegosa Martin took a Skewb single of 13.76 down to 4.92, 64 percent better in one day.

Three wins

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

0.15s

closest final — 2×2, Lorenzo Escobar Kraskouskaya over Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	8.21	8.79
2×2	Lorenzo Escobar Kraskouskaya	1.74	2.54
4×4	Rafael Rodriguez Santana	31.70	33.05
3×3 blindfolded	Josete Sánchez	39.29	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Rafael Rodriguez Santana	26 moves	—
Clock	Raúl Serrano Martínez	6.36	7.55
Pyraminx	Raúl Cuevas Castillo	2.96	4.08
Skewb	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	2.40	3.06
Square-1	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	8.10	9.37

The PB harvest

83 set · 19 still standing

Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña — Pyraminx single 2.79: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Yuri Cerruti Garde — 2×2 single 3.19: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
Hugo Masegosa Martin — Skewb single 4.92: into the top 17.5% of the event's history.
Hugo Masegosa Martin — 2×2 single 3.31: into the top 17.9% of the event's history.
Arturo Mañas Lopez — 3×3 single 13.56: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.
Hugo Masegosa Martin — Pyraminx single 6.97: into the top 27.6% of the event's history.
Juan José Mena Sánchez — 3×3 single 16.40: into the top 29.1% of the event's history.
Gabriel González Svetkin — Skewb single 6.97: into the top 33.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

66 competitors · 498 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. Carlos Méndez García-Barroso won it with a 8.79 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

66 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.