Competitions · Spain

Parla Open 2024

Parla, Madrid · 29 June 2024 · 11 events · 115 competitors · 164 personal bests

Kevin Gerhardt won four of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Jaime Calzado Gomez by 0.15 seconds. 115 competitors produced 164 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Antonie Paterakis set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 7.92.

Four wins

Kevin Gerhardt — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5

0.15s

closest final — Clock, Jaime Calzado Gomez over Asier Adell Díaz

164

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kevin Gerhardt	6.39	6.95
2×2	Kevin Gerhardt	1.33	1.34
4×4	Kevin Gerhardt	22.67	30.49
5×5	Kevin Gerhardt	49.38	50.41
3×3 blindfolded	Iker Carrasco Ruiz	21.48	—
3×3 one-handed	Pavlo Bondar (Павло Бондар)	10.46	12.05
Clock	Jaime Calzado Gomez	3.73	5.05
Megaminx	Raúl Martínez Redondo	33.94	36.81
Skewb	Jaime Calzado Gomez	1.88	2.92
4×4 blindfolded	Jordi Lleixà López	2:31.08	—
5×5 blindfolded	Oliver Fritz	6:32.56	—

The PB harvest

164 set · 40 still standing

Antonie Paterakis — 3×3 one-handed single 7.92: into the top 0.18% of the event's history.
Zhedong Wang (王哲栋) — 3×3 one-handed single 11.66: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Sergio Torrijos Santano — 3×3 one-handed single 11.71: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Álvaro Pérez Moreno — 2×2 single 1.86: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Hugo Pérez Rodríguez — 2×2 single 2.19: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Alejandro Albor Soto — 3×3 single 9.53: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Rodrigo Septién Rodríguez — 3×3 single 9.60: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Xinlei Chen (陈鑫磊) — 2×2 single 2.43: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

115 competitors · 941 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. Kevin Gerhardt won it with a 6.95 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

115 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.