Competitions · Spain

Mairena Open 2023

Mairena del Aljarafe, Sevilla · 25 November 2023 · 10 events · 78 competitors · 68 personal bests

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso won three of the ten events (3×3, Skewb, Square-1) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña by 0.24 seconds. 78 competitors produced 68 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Lilya Lagzouli set the Square-1 single national record: 15.21.

Three wins

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

0.24s

closest final — 2×2, Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña over Carlos Méndez García-Barroso

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	7.36	8.25
2×2	Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña	1.88	2.18
4×4	Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña	35.47	36.90
5×5	Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña	1:02.78	1:13.36
3×3 blindfolded	Josete Sánchez	43.48	—
3×3 one-handed	Álvaro González Vizuete	14.72	16.20
Megaminx	Raúl Cuevas Castillo	40.25	45.14
Pyraminx	Raúl Cuevas Castillo	3.26	3.92
Skewb	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	1.76	2.32
Square-1	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	7.44	8.51

The PB harvest

68 set · 7 still standing

Arturo Pérez Anguita — 3×3 single 7.36: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Álvaro González Vizuete — Skewb single 3.62: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Daniel Marzo Bobadilla — Skewb single 4.70: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
Daniel Caín Rodríguez Trapero — 3×3 one-handed single 21.66: into the top 25.1% of the event's history.
Oliver Jackson García — Pyraminx single 9.41: into the top 48.3% of the event's history.
Sergio Bueno Merino — Square-1 single 35.96: into the top 59.9% of the event's history.
Francisco Javier Parra Prendes — Square-1 single 42.58: into the top 68.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

78 competitors · 491 results · 10 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 8.25 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

78 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.