Competitions · Spain

SEK-Alborán Almerimar Open 2024

Almerimar, Almería · 21 September 2024 · 8 events · 46 competitors · 67 personal bests

Raúl Cuevas Castillo won three of the eight events (3×3, Megaminx, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Pablo Amoraga Velasco by 0.09 seconds. 46 competitors produced 67 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Marta Rodríguez Pérez took a Pyraminx single of 19.90 down to 9.39, 53 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Raúl Cuevas Castillo — 3×3, Megaminx, Pyraminx

0.09s

closest final — 4×4, Pablo Amoraga Velasco over Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Raúl Cuevas Castillo	8.38	9.69
2×2	Marco Criado Gómez	1.60	2.24
4×4	Pablo Amoraga Velasco	33.26	36.51
Clock	Blanca Hidalgo Domingo	4.42	5.05
Megaminx	Raúl Cuevas Castillo	34.02	39.42
Pyraminx	Raúl Cuevas Castillo	2.56	2.83
Skewb	Fernando Sáez Lázaro	2.81	3.87
Square-1	Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña	11.66	14.30

The PB harvest

67 set · 21 still standing

María Ángeles Rubí Figueredo — 3×3 single 9.14: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
José Miguel Romero Castellón — Pyraminx single 3.76: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Abel Martínez Salas — Skewb single 3.44: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
José Miguel Romero Castellón — Skewb single 3.51: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Daniel Tijeras Quiros — Pyraminx single 5.61: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
María Ángeles Rubí Figueredo — 4×4 single 50.72: into the top 25.6% of the event's history.
Arturo Mañas Lopez — Skewb single 6.79: into the top 32.0% of the event's history.
Juan Francisco Rubí Figueredo — 2×2 single 4.88: into the top 37.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

46 competitors · 426 results · 8 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. Raúl Cuevas Castillo won it with a 9.69 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

46 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.