Competitions · Spain

Lluís Vives Open 2017

Valencia · 23 December 2017 · 8 events · 107 competitors · 136 personal bests

Raúl Banacloche Biot won the 3×3 with a 10.92 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Javier Gil by 0.09 seconds. 107 competitors produced 136 personal bests, 57 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Gonzalo Hurtado Sanhermelando took a 3×3 single of 54.41 down to 25.24, 54 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.09s

closest final — 2×2, Javier Gil over Josete Sánchez

136

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Raúl Banacloche Biot	10.32	10.92
2×2	Javier Gil	2.66	3.52
4×4	Jose Angel Montesa Solaz	37.53	40.90
5×5	Carlos Tapp	1:01.83	1:09.67
3×3 blindfolded	Alexander Olleta del Molino	1:11.65	—
3×3 one-handed	Óscar Roldán Blay	18.84	20.26
Pyraminx	José María García Carrión	3.57	5.02
Skewb	Ricardo Bayona Salvador	2.09	4.42

The PB harvest

136 set · 57 still standing

Ricardo Bayona Salvador — Skewb single 2.09: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Javier Gil — Pyraminx single 4.46: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Javier París — Pyraminx single 5.14: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
Roberto Ferrer Rozalén — 3×3 single 13.15: into the top 17.9% of the event's history.
Óscar Roldán Blay — 2×2 single 3.32: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
Raúl Sánchez Baeza — 3×3 single 14.54: into the top 22.9% of the event's history.
Raul Martinez Pavon — 2×2 single 3.76: into the top 23.5% of the event's history.
Bea García Rutea — 3×3 one-handed single 21.27: into the top 23.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

107 competitors · 572 results · 8 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. Raúl Banacloche Biot won it with a 10.92 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

107 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.