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Ruta Cubera: Jaén Open 2025

Jaén · 22 February 2025 · 6 events · 44 competitors · 63 personal bests

Rafael Rodriguez Santana won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña by 0.33 seconds. 44 competitors produced 63 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Javier Chamorro Chamorro took a Pyraminx single of 53.30 down to 19.40, 64 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Rafael Rodriguez Santana — 3×3, 4×4
0.33s
closest final — 2×2, Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña over Carlos Méndez García-Barroso
63
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Rafael Rodriguez Santana7.918.60
2×2Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña1.551.78
4×4Rafael Rodriguez Santana29.6634.22
MegaminxRaúl Cuevas Castillo33.6738.23
PyraminxRaúl Cuevas Castillo2.743.85
SkewbCarlos Méndez García-Barroso3.103.79

The PB harvest

63 set · 18 still standing

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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

44 competitors · 275 results · 6 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. Rafael Rodriguez Santana won it with a 8.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

44 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.