Competitions · Spain

Quijote Open 2016

Argamasilla de Alba, Ciudad Real · 18 June 2016 · 18 events · 65 competitors · 117 personal bests

Eric Limeback won six of the 18 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Alberto Pérez de Rada Fiol by 0.08 seconds. 65 competitors produced 117 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

John Tuquerrez Andrango set the 3×3 single national record: 13.07.

Six wins

Eric Limeback — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, 4×4 blindfolded

0.08s

closest final — Clock, Alberto Pérez de Rada Fiol over Eric Limeback

117

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Eric Limeback	8.12	10.04
2×2	Guillermo Cascales Ñíguez	2.02	2.97
4×4	Eric Limeback	35.97	37.42
5×5	Eric Limeback	1:18.73	1:22.13
6×6	Alberto Pérez de Rada Fiol	2:38.77	2:40.92
7×7	Alberto Pérez de Rada Fiol	3:58.87	4:14.89
3×3 blindfolded	Eric Limeback	58.54	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Manuel Prieto de Antón	38 moves	41.67
3×3 one-handed	Eric Limeback	15.03	16.34
Clock	Alberto Pérez de Rada Fiol	10.49	11.55
Megaminx	Manuel Prieto de Antón	1:40.84	1:52.29
Pyraminx	Gonzalo Orellana Barrasa	3.41	4.52
Skewb	Manuel Prieto de Antón	2.76	4.36
Square-1	Manuel Prieto de Antón	17.61	19.54
4×4 blindfolded	Eric Limeback	11:02.00	—
5×5 blindfolded	Raúl Morales Hidalgo	29:20.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Josete Sánchez	5 of 7 cubes · 36:44	—
3×3 with feet	Alberto Pérez de Rada Fiol	53.09	1:03.61

The PB harvest

117 set · 15 still standing

John Tuquerrez Andrango — 2×2 single 3.15: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.
Iker Valdezate Sayalero — Pyraminx single 6.32: into the top 22.4% of the event's history.
Eric Limeback — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 34 moves: into the top 26.7% of the event's history.
Garazi Lechuga — Pyraminx single 7.47: into the top 31.8% of the event's history.
Garazi Lechuga — Clock single 12.26: into the top 36.2% of the event's history.
Garazi Lechuga — 4×4 single 1:04.93: into the top 41.7% of the event's history.
Guillermo Berzosa Montero — 3×3 single 21.02: into the top 42.8% of the event's history.
Garazi Lechuga — 2×2 single 5.31: into the top 43.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

65 competitors · 588 results · 18 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. Eric Limeback won it with a 10.04 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

65 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.