Competitions · Spain

Margarita Open 2023

Alcorcón, Madrid · 16 September 2023 · 11 events · 79 competitors · 109 personal bests

Antonie Paterakis won six of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Antonie Paterakis by 0.06 seconds. 79 competitors produced 109 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Manuel Prieto de Antón set the 2×2 average national record: 1.50.

Six wins

Antonie Paterakis — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx

0.06s

closest final — 2×2, Antonie Paterakis over Manuel Prieto de Antón

109

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Antonie Paterakis	6.30	7.49
2×2	Antonie Paterakis	0.92	1.44
4×4	Manuel Prieto de Antón	28.52	30.43
5×5	Antonie Paterakis	56.69	1:01.04
6×6	Elies Qin Lloret Garcia	1:44.11	1:48.15
7×7	Antonie Paterakis	2:52.84	2:57.07
3×3 blindfolded	Alejandro Jiménez Hernández	27.73	—
3×3 one-handed	Antonie Paterakis	11.04	13.03
Pyraminx	Antonie Paterakis	2.29	3.30
Skewb	Raúl Martínez Redondo	2.87	3.16
4×4 blindfolded	Alejandro Jiménez Hernández	9:38.51	—

The PB harvest

109 set · 28 still standing

Pedro Sanz Rodriguez — 3×3 single 6.91: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Nicolas Cano Bolado — 2×2 single 1.66: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Pablo Aguilar Dominguez — 2×2 single 1.77: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Jaime Calvo Sotillos — Skewb single 3.15: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Pedro Sanz Rodriguez — 6×6 single 1:45.96: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Rafael Alférez Robisco — Skewb single 3.42: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Albert Garriga Gea — Skewb single 3.52: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Adrián Galeano Ausín — Skewb single 3.54: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five 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

79 competitors · 573 results · 11 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. Antonie Paterakis won it with a 7.49 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

79 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.