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Competitions · Spain

Valdepeñas Open 2025

Valdepeñas, Ciudad Real · 28 June 2025 · 10 events · 41 competitors · 34 personal bests

Carlos Méndez García-Barroso won three of the ten events (2×2, 4×4, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Carlos Méndez García-Barroso by 0.07 seconds. 41 competitors produced 34 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Eiden Rubio Peralta took a Pyraminx single of 19.37 down to 8.09, 58 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Carlos Méndez García-Barroso — 2×2, 4×4, Skewb
0.07s
closest final — 2×2, Carlos Méndez García-Barroso over Marco Criado Gómez
34
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3David Sánchez Peris7.528.24
2×2Carlos Méndez García-Barroso1.751.96
4×4Carlos Méndez García-Barroso29.7535.26
3×3 blindfoldedIker Carrasco Ruiz33.45
ClockAitor Javier Rubio Pozuelo2.654.13
PyraminxRaúl Cuevas Castillo2.483.19
SkewbCarlos Méndez García-Barroso1.882.51
4×4 blindfoldedJosete Sánchez4:55.10
5×5 blindfoldedJosete Sánchez13:25.00
3×3 Multi-BlindIker Carrasco Ruiz18 of 24 cubes · 47:27

The PB harvest

34 set · 15 still standing

First-timers

Two 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

41 competitors · 389 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. David Sánchez Peris won it with a 8.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

41 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.