Competitions · Spain

UPV Open 2026

Valencia · 23 May 2026 · 10 events · 46 competitors · 56 personal bests

Biel Salmons Gonzalez won three of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Arnau López García by 0.31 seconds. 46 competitors produced 56 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Pau Tamarit Montalt took a Square-1 single of 1:05.35 down to 29.99, 54 percent better in one day.

Three wins

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

0.31s

closest final — Skewb, Arnau López García over Ricardo Bayona Salvador

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Biel Salmons Gonzalez	6.42	6.63
2×2	Diego Serrano Martínez	1.80	2.69
4×4	Biel Salmons Gonzalez	27.31	28.03
5×5	Elies Qin Lloret Garcia	47.39	57.58
3×3 blindfolded	Muxi Yan	36.98	53.72
3×3 one-handed	Biel Salmons Gonzalez	9.10	10.95
Clock	Raúl Serrano Martínez	4.26	5.17
Pyraminx	Héctor Sanchis Miedes	1.73	2.85
Skewb	Arnau López García	3.58	4.49
Square-1	Arnau López García	7.88	8.85

The PB harvest

56 set · 42 still standing

Biel Salmons Gonzalez — 3×3 one-handed single 9.10: into the top 0.55% of the event's history.
Marcos Juan López Barberá — 3×3 single 6.29: into the top 0.68% of the event's history.
Elies Qin Lloret Garcia — 5×5 single 47.39: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
David Sánchez Peris — 3×3 one-handed single 10.84: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Asier Martín Poves — Pyraminx single 2.40: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Marcos Juan López Barberá — Pyraminx single 2.41: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Giuliana Ferreira — 3×3 single 7.93: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Muxi Yan — 3×3 blindfolded single 36.98: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. 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 · 377 results · 10 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 6.63 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

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.