Competitions · Spain

Madrid Open 2017

Madrid · 25 March 2017 · 13 events · 109 competitors · 196 personal bests

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso won four of the 13 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Julen Simón Iriarte by 0.03 seconds. 109 competitors produced 196 personal bests, 61 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Arthur Garcin set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 13 of 14 cubes · 47:21.

Four wins

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

0.03s

closest final — 2×2, Julen Simón Iriarte over Manuel Prieto de Antón

196

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	7.68	9.17
2×2	Julen Simón Iriarte	1.95	3.28
4×4	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	32.56	33.83
5×5	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	1:14.11	1:19.09
3×3 blindfolded	Berta García Parra	29.06	—
3×3 one-handed	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	13.28	14.75
Megaminx	Manuel Prieto de Antón	57.75	1:06.87
Pyraminx	Alberto Pérez de Rada Fiol	2.75	3.95
Skewb	Julio Perugorria Lorente	2.83	3.58
4×4 blindfolded	Rodrigo Pueblas Núñez	6:32.06	—
5×5 blindfolded	Josete Sánchez	19:52.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Berta García Parra	17 of 20 cubes · 58:04	—
3×3 with feet	Alberto Pérez de Rada Fiol	1:03.17	1:07.34

The PB harvest

196 set · 61 still standing

Alberto Masó Molina — 2×2 single 2.41: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Mario Rodrigo Luján — Pyraminx single 4.90: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
Marcos Sabando Vergara — 2×2 single 2.89: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
Rocío Fernández Usero — 2×2 single 3.07: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Víctor Peinado — 2×2 single 3.34: into the top 18.3% of the event's history.
Daniel de la Fuente Bornaechea — 3×3 single 13.83: into the top 20.4% of the event's history.
Álvaro Gala López — Pyraminx single 6.16: into the top 21.2% of the event's history.
Diego García — Pyraminx single 6.24: into the top 21.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

109 competitors · 900 results · 13 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 9.17 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

109 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.