Competitions · Spain

Sant Valentí a Parets 2023

Parets del Vallès, Barcelona · 18 February 2023 · 13 events · 94 competitors · 156 personal bests

Biel Salmons Gonzalez won three of the 13 events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Mar Gallego Vicente by 0.11 seconds. 94 competitors produced 156 personal bests, 38 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alejandro Martín López took a Square-1 single of 2:01.99 down to 18.48, 85 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Biel Salmons Gonzalez — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.11s

closest final — Skewb, Mar Gallego Vicente over Pol Juny Sánchez

156

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Biel Salmons Gonzalez	6.97	7.94
2×2	Mauro Moisés Ortega López	2.16	2.26
4×4	Biel Salmons Gonzalez	29.41	32.69
5×5	Dario Roa Sánchez	53.99	57.56
6×6	Antonio López	1:48.02	1:51.26
7×7	Antonio López	2:18.30	2:25.45
3×3 blindfolded	Berta García Parra	27.13	—
3×3 one-handed	Biel Salmons Gonzalez	12.29	14.77
Megaminx	Antonio López	44.06	55.41
Pyraminx	Arnau Tous Mateu	1.72	3.33
Skewb	Mar Gallego Vicente	2.61	3.25
Square-1	Artur Miralles Hernàndez	8.52	10.01
3×3 Multi-Blind	Jordi Lleixà López	20 of 23 cubes · 56:08	—

The PB harvest

156 set · 38 still standing

Javier Atienza Rodriguez — 3×3 single 6.37: into the top 0.74% of the event's history.
Laura Freitas Martín — Pyraminx single 1.80: into the top 0.83% of the event's history.
Juan González — Pyraminx single 2.29: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Janot Alabert Planas — Megaminx single 46.12: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Dario Roa Sánchez — Megaminx single 50.74: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Dario Roa Sánchez — 6×6 single 1:50.67: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Alejandro Martín López — Skewb single 3.50: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Joel Casanova Soto — 3×3 single 10.65: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

94 competitors · 835 results · 13 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. Biel Salmons Gonzalez won it with a 7.94 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

94 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.