Competitions · Spain

NxN Tormes Open 2023

Santa Marta de Tormes, Salamanca · 23 September 2023 · 6 events · 58 competitors · 54 personal bests

Pedro Sanz Rodriguez won four of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Pedro Sanz Rodriguez by 0.57 seconds. 58 competitors produced 54 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Bryant Borrego Alvarado took a 2×2 single of 38.00 down to 16.15, 57 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Pedro Sanz Rodriguez — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6

0.57s

closest final — 3×3, Pedro Sanz Rodriguez over Alejandro Fernández López

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Pedro Sanz Rodriguez	8.51	9.97
2×2	Josete Sánchez	2.29	2.43
4×4	Pedro Sanz Rodriguez	25.65	29.70
5×5	Pedro Sanz Rodriguez	55.97	1:01.22
6×6	Pedro Sanz Rodriguez	1:53.33	2:02.11
7×7	Josete Sánchez	3:13.06	3:20.44

The PB harvest

54 set · 13 still standing

Alejandro Fernández López — 3×3 single 8.37: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Alejandro Jiménez Hernández — 2×2 single 2.57: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
António Gomes — 2×2 single 2.65: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
Pedro Sanz Rodriguez — 7×7 single 3:01.61: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
António Gomes — 4×4 single 49.03: into the top 23.5% of the event's history.
Hugo González Fonseca — 2×2 single 4.09: into the top 27.6% of the event's history.
Diego López Miano — 3×3 single 22.76: into the top 47.3% of the event's history.
Unai Calvo Medina — 2×2 single 5.68: into the top 47.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

26 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

58 competitors · 313 results · 6 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. Pedro Sanz Rodriguez won it with a 9.97 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

58 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.