Competitions · Spain

URJC Open 2023

Móstoles, Madrid · 28 January 2023 · 11 events · 89 competitors · 128 personal bests

Rafael Rodriguez Santana won two of the eleven events (4×4, 3×3 Fewest Moves) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Héctor Haro Guerrero by 0.08 seconds. 89 competitors produced 128 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Sandra Araújo Gómez took a Pyraminx single of 41.19 down to 18.00, 56 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Rafael Rodriguez Santana — 4×4, 3×3 Fewest Moves

0.08s

closest final — Pyraminx, Héctor Haro Guerrero over Manuel Prieto de Antón

128

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Lorenzo Escobar Kraskouskaya	6.53	7.70
2×2	Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña	2.22	2.50
4×4	Rafael Rodriguez Santana	30.06	31.28
5×5	Pedro Sanz Rodriguez	53.27	59.16
6×6	Elies Qin Lloret Garcia	1:52.50	2:00.51
7×7	Pablo Aguilar Dominguez	3:05.15	3:18.74
3×3 blindfolded	Berta García Parra	19.52	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Rafael Rodriguez Santana	22 moves	24.67
Pyraminx	Héctor Haro Guerrero	2.83	3.74
Skewb	Jaime Calzado Gomez	2.42	2.83
4×4 blindfolded	Timo Forsthofer	5:46.28	—

The PB harvest

128 set · 31 still standing

Alejandro González Rodríguez — 3×3 single 9.02: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Daniele Vanoli Hernández — 3×3 single 9.39: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Timo Forsthofer — Pyraminx single 4.28: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Alejandro Soriano Compta — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 28 moves: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Adrián Galeano Ausín — 2×2 single 2.60: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Gabriel Pereira Jiménez — 3×3 single 12.00: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
Gonzalo Orellana Barrasa — 4×4 single 44.70: into the top 17.9% of the event's history.
Jorge Durán Parrilla — Skewb single 5.08: into the top 18.8% 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

89 competitors · 711 results · 11 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. Lorenzo Escobar Kraskouskaya won it with a 7.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

89 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.