Competitions · Spain

Mijas Open 2016

Mijas, Málaga · 5 November 2016 · 9 events · 78 competitors · 59 personal bests

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso won five of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Gonzalo Pastor García by 0.61 seconds. 78 competitors produced 59 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 47 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso set the 2×2 average national record: 1.78.

Five wins

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.61s

closest final — Skewb, Gonzalo Pastor García over Jorge Castillo Matas

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	7.68	8.08
2×2	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	1.47	1.78
4×4	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	40.46	41.93
5×5	Jorge Castillo Matas	1:07.91	1:16.85
3×3 blindfolded	Jorge Castillo Matas	1:05.70	—
3×3 one-handed	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	13.94	15.44
Megaminx	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	1:05.35	1:16.91
Pyraminx	Kyle Polage	4.70	5.50
Skewb	Gonzalo Pastor García	4.94	6.65

The PB harvest

59 set · 19 still standing

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso — Pyraminx single 2.67: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Gonzalo Pastor García — 2×2 single 2.35: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Gonzalo Pastor García — Pyraminx single 4.30: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Gonzalo Pastor García — 3×3 single 13.09: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
Adrián Barragán Núñez — 3×3 single 21.15: into the top 43.1% of the event's history.
Gonzalo Pastor García — 3×3 one-handed single 28.98: into the top 44.3% of the event's history.
Mario Ramírez Jiménez — Pyraminx single 9.09: into the top 45.6% of the event's history.
Jorge Martín Espinosa — 3×3 blindfolded single 2:43.31: into the top 47.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

47 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

78 competitors · 401 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. Carlos Méndez García-Barroso won it with a 8.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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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.