Competitions · Spain

Parets Open 2024

Parets del Vallès, Barcelona · 3 February 2024 · 17 events · 129 competitors · 240 personal bests

Antonie Paterakis won four of the 17 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Antonie Paterakis by 0.01 seconds. 129 competitors produced 240 personal bests, 53 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Albert Mandicó Sampol set the 3×3 single national record: 10.53.

Four wins

Antonie Paterakis — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5

0.01s

closest final — 3×3, Antonie Paterakis over Biel Salmons Gonzalez

240

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Antonie Paterakis	5.69	7.29
2×2	Antonie Paterakis	1.06	2.03
4×4	Antonie Paterakis	27.28	28.95
5×5	Antonie Paterakis	47.55	52.96
6×6	Antonio López	1:38.61	1:45.57
7×7	Antonio López	2:10.06	2:33.97
3×3 blindfolded	Arthur Garcin	25.89	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Jordi Lleixà López	28 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Biel Salmons Gonzalez	9.43	12.99
Clock	Pavlo Bondar (Павло Бондар)	5.75	6.46
Megaminx	Oliver Fritz	48.35	51.32
Pyraminx	Arnau Tous Mateu	1.37	2.16
Skewb	Arnau Tous Mateu	3.08	3.81
Square-1	Oscar Sánchez Najarro	9.14	10.08
4×4 blindfolded	Oliver Fritz	2:02.08	—
5×5 blindfolded	Oliver Fritz	4:57.82	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Jordi Lleixà López	28 of 30 cubes · 58:22	—

The PB harvest

240 set · 53 still standing

Juan González — 3×3 single 7.03: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Arthur Garcin — 4×4 single 28.66: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Judith Frank Arnaldo — 3×3 single 8.75: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
David Alert Franco — 3×3 single 8.81: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Javier Atienza Rodriguez — 2×2 single 1.95: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Martí Esquerda Amézcua — Clock single 5.14: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Pau Plana Casas — Skewb single 3.23: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Ziyao Xu (徐子尧) — 3×3 single 11.52: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

10 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

129 competitors · 1166 results · 17 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 7.29 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

129 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.