Competitions · Spain

SEK-Alborán Almerimar Open 2025

Almerimar, Almería · 20 September 2025 · 9 events · 43 competitors · 61 personal bests

Alec Stromberg won two of the nine events (3×3, Square-1) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Raúl Cuevas Castillo by 0.18 seconds. 43 competitors produced 61 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jonathan Stromberg took a Square-1 single of 1:57.41 down to 46.50, 60 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Alec Stromberg — 3×3, Square-1

0.18s

closest final — Pyraminx, Raúl Cuevas Castillo over Alec Stromberg

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alec Stromberg	6.39	8.35
2×2	Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña	1.57	1.84
4×4	Pablo Amoraga Velasco	26.51	33.28
3×3 blindfolded	Iker Carrasco Ruiz	32.41	—
Clock	Marcos Caballero Marsilla	4.02	5.85
Megaminx	Pablo Amoraga Velasco	29.72	32.76
Pyraminx	Raúl Cuevas Castillo	2.28	2.77
Skewb	Fernando Sáez Lázaro	2.55	3.61
Square-1	Alec Stromberg	9.92	13.98

The PB harvest

61 set · 27 still standing

Pablo Amoraga Velasco — 4×4 single 26.51: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Marco Criado Gómez — Skewb single 2.70: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Alberto de la Torre Lamenca — 2×2 single 1.87: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
David Sánchez Serrano — 3×3 single 8.77: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Hanzhan Zhao — 3×3 single 9.44: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Abel Martínez Salas — 3×3 single 11.59: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
Alberto de la Torre Lamenca — 3×3 single 11.83: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
Luis Lopez Figueredo — 2×2 single 3.02: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four 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

43 competitors · 412 results · 9 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. Alec Stromberg won it with a 8.35 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

43 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.