Competitions · Spain

Spanish Championship 2008

La Coruña · 19 December 2008 · 15 events · 53 competitors · 68 personal bests

Alejandro Aguado Barahona won three of the 14 events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Alejandro Riveiro Rodríguez by 0.06 seconds. 53 competitors produced 68 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Nico Kupfer set the 5×5 single national record: 2:00.91.

Three wins

Alejandro Aguado Barahona — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.06s

closest final — Magic, Alejandro Riveiro Rodríguez over Marcos Ameijeiras Moreno

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alejandro Aguado Barahona	12.83	15.21
2×2	Alejandro Aguado Barahona	4.47	5.60
4×4	Alejandro Riveiro Rodríguez	1:05.47	1:14.30
5×5	Nico Kupfer	2:00.91	2:21.26
3×3 blindfolded	Manuel López Sheriff	2:19.96	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Manuel López Sheriff	40 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Alejandro Aguado Barahona	18.58	21.86
Clock	Ernesto Fernández Regueira	10.63	11.23
Megaminx	Alejandro Riveiro Rodríguez	2:05.70	2:10.17
Pyraminx	Rodrigo Septién Rodríguez	7.75	10.24
Square-1	Marcos Ameijeiras Moreno	24.99	39.15
Magic	Alejandro Riveiro Rodríguez	1.30	1.37
Master Magic	Daniel Ortiga Villatoro	4.66	5.28
3×3 Multi-Blind (old style)	Ángel de Jaén Gotarredona	9 of 12 cubes · 1:55:58	—

The PB harvest

68 set · 12 still standing

Ángel de Jaén Gotarredona — 3×3 Multi-Blind (old style) single 9 of 12 cubes · 1:55:58: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Manuel López Sheriff — 3×3 Multi-Blind (old style) single 6 of 7 cubes · 1:03:44: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Víctor Torrecilla Chicote — Magic single 1.36: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.
Manuel López Sheriff — 3×3 one-handed single 20.96: into the top 23.1% of the event's history.
Javier Soto Bustos — 2×2 single 3.80: into the top 23.9% of the event's history.
Manuel López Sheriff — Magic single 1.53: into the top 34.9% of the event's history.
Iago Rego García — 2×2 single 6.88: into the top 59.4% of the event's history.
Alejandro Aguado Barahona — 3×3 Multi-Blind (old style) single 1 of 2 cubes · 15:27: into the top 61.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 2,174 people who made their debut in 2008. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

53 competitors · 286 results · 15 events.

Everyone who competed

53 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.