Competitions · Spain

Portugalete Open 2023

Portugalete, Bizkaia · 19 August 2023 · 12 events · 107 competitors · 141 personal bests

Eder Olivencia González won five of the twelve events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Julen Simón Iriarte by 0.11 seconds. 107 competitors produced 141 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Eder Olivencia González set the 6×6 single national record: 1:26.50.

Five wins

Eder Olivencia González — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx

0.11s

closest final — 3×3, Julen Simón Iriarte over Raúl Cuevas Castillo

141

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Julen Simón Iriarte	8.17	8.91
2×2	Julen Simón Iriarte	1.51	2.40
4×4	Eder Olivencia González	24.66	29.31
5×5	Eder Olivencia González	50.33	54.51
6×6	Eder Olivencia González	1:26.50	1:38.95
7×7	Eder Olivencia González	2:26.32	2:32.46
3×3 blindfolded	Julio Perugorria Lorente	59.35	—
Clock	Jaime Calzado Gomez	4.57	5.18
Megaminx	Eder Olivencia González	42.10	45.24
Pyraminx	Héctor Haro Guerrero	3.08	3.39
Skewb	Jaime Calzado Gomez	2.44	2.75
Square-1	Alejandro Nicolay	7.82	9.27

The PB harvest

141 set · 31 still standing

Alejandro Nicolay — 3×3 single 7.94: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Santiago David Mata Marcos — 2×2 single 2.56: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Luís Pedro Gomes Costa — Square-1 single 11.83: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Lukas Alexander Galvez Echeverria — Pyraminx single 4.51: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Luís Pedro Gomes Costa — Skewb single 3.97: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Hugo Atanes Dos Santos — 2×2 single 2.73: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Janot Alabert Planas — 4×4 single 39.26: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Lucas Rojas Plomer — Pyraminx single 4.92: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

107 competitors · 770 results · 12 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. Julen Simón Iriarte won it with a 8.91 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

107 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.