Competitions · Spain

Parla Open 2018

Parla, Madrid · 12 May 2018 · 13 events · 78 competitors · 152 personal bests

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso won eight of the 13 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Carlos Méndez García-Barroso by 0.44 seconds. 78 competitors produced 152 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Mohamed Ben Driss Chokri set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 2 of 2 cubes · 15:26.

Eight wins

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb

0.44s

closest final — 3×3, Carlos Méndez García-Barroso over Rafael Rodriguez Santana

152

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	7.10	9.33
2×2	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	1.86	2.16
4×4	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	30.55	35.43
5×5	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	1:06.13	1:10.97
6×6	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	2:17.55	2:21.53
7×7	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	3:25.55	3:30.42
3×3 blindfolded	Berta García Parra	24.71	—
3×3 one-handed	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	12.50	14.14
Megaminx	Manuel Prieto de Antón	54.78	1:02.77
Pyraminx	Alberto Pérez de Rada Fiol	3.27	3.47
Skewb	Carlos Méndez García-Barroso	2.99	3.56
4×4 blindfolded	Nevins Chan Pak Hoong (陈百鸿)	5:36.80	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Berta García Parra	24 of 30 cubes · 1:00:00	—

The PB harvest

152 set · 28 still standing

Javier López Fernández — Pyraminx single 2.46: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Jorge G. Membrillera Pérez — Skewb single 3.60: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Gianpierre Ponce — Pyraminx single 4.16: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Asier Cardoso Sánchez — Pyraminx single 4.18: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Pablo Roca García — Skewb single 4.24: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
Manuel G. Membrillera Pérez — 2×2 single 2.86: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Fernando Astasio Ávila — Pyraminx single 5.18: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
Gianpierre Ponce — 3×3 one-handed single 17.83: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

78 competitors · 721 results · 13 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 9.33 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.