Competitions · Spain

Potablava Open 2022

El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona · 12 November 2022 · 11 events · 50 competitors · 70 personal bests

Antonie Paterakis won six of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Antonie Paterakis by 0.27 seconds. 50 competitors produced 70 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and one people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Max Ramirez Herrera took a 2×2 single of 13.86 down to 5.99, 57 percent better in one day.

Six wins

Antonie Paterakis — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx

0.27s

closest final — Pyraminx, Antonie Paterakis over Arnau Tous Mateu

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Antonie Paterakis	6.64	7.19
2×2	Antonie Paterakis	1.11	1.46
4×4	Antonie Paterakis	27.72	30.63
5×5	Antonie Paterakis	1:00.38	1:01.97
3×3 blindfolded	Berta García Parra	20.89	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Jan Bentlage	24 moves	25.33
3×3 one-handed	Antonie Paterakis	10.39	11.87
Pyraminx	Antonie Paterakis	1.82	3.03
Skewb	Manuel Prieto de Antón	2.48	2.89
Square-1	Artur Miralles Hernàndez	8.64	9.46
4×4 blindfolded	Jan Bentlage	4:49.29	—

The PB harvest

70 set · 12 still standing

José Manuel Lucena — Pyraminx single 3.72: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Pol Juny Sánchez — Pyraminx single 4.05: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Karim Heljam Casanova — Pyraminx single 4.91: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
Pablo Nicolás Oshiro Mondoñedo — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 30 moves: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
José Manuel Lucena — 3×3 single 12.59: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.
Karim Heljam Casanova — 2×2 single 3.41: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.
José Manuel Lucena — 2×2 single 3.64: into the top 21.9% of the event's history.
Manel Prestieri — 4×4 single 53.12: into the top 28.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

One person competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. 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

50 competitors · 516 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. Antonie Paterakis won it with a 7.19 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

50 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.