Competitions · Spain

Madrid Norte Open 2022

Madrid · 3 December 2022 · 9 events · 71 competitors · 80 personal bests

Kevin Gerhardt won four of the nine events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Kevin Gerhardt by 0.10 seconds. 71 competitors produced 80 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Antonie Paterakis set the 2×2 average continental record: 1.19.

Four wins

Kevin Gerhardt — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Skewb

0.10s

closest final — Skewb, Kevin Gerhardt over Raúl Martínez Redondo

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kevin Gerhardt	6.18	6.68
2×2	Antonie Paterakis	1.31	1.53
4×4	Sebastian Weyer	19.79	24.31
3×3 blindfolded	Berta García Parra	23.42	—
3×3 one-handed	Kevin Gerhardt	9.87	12.06
Megaminx	Kevin Gerhardt	35.70	37.41
Pyraminx	Antonie Paterakis	1.96	3.06
Skewb	Kevin Gerhardt	2.66	3.28
Square-1	Oscar Sánchez Najarro	8.44	10.19

The PB harvest

80 set · 15 still standing

Pedro Sanz Rodriguez — 2×2 single 1.60: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Daniele Vanoli Hernández — 4×4 single 36.06: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Mario Juan Lobato — 3×3 single 11.16: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
Alejandro Soriano Compta — Skewb single 4.43: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
Sergio Ramos González — 2×2 single 3.53: into the top 20.6% of the event's history.
António Gomes — 3×3 one-handed single 20.15: into the top 20.9% of the event's history.
Gabriel Pereira Jiménez — 4×4 single 49.99: into the top 24.7% of the event's history.
Jorge Rodríguez León — 2×2 single 3.92: into the top 25.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

71 competitors · 632 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. Kevin Gerhardt won it with a 6.68 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

71 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.