Competitions · Spain

Valencia Open 2015

Valencia · 14 November 2015 · 10 events · 49 competitors · 71 personal bests

Jose Angel Montesa Solaz won two of the ten events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jerónimo Ibarra Bernal by 0.20 seconds. 49 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Berta García Parra set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 12 of 13 cubes · 50:38.

Two wins

Jose Angel Montesa Solaz — 3×3, 4×4

0.20s

closest final — 2×2, Jerónimo Ibarra Bernal over Ricardo Bayona Salvador

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jose Angel Montesa Solaz	12.20	12.60
2×2	Jerónimo Ibarra Bernal	3.23	4.36
4×4	Jose Angel Montesa Solaz	41.76	48.04
3×3 blindfolded	Berta García Parra	1:02.64	—
3×3 one-handed	Gonzalo Orellana Barrasa	24.38	26.03
Clock	Javier Tirado Ortiz	8.21	8.93
Pyraminx	Gonzalo Orellana Barrasa	4.94	5.90
Skewb	Ricardo Bayona Salvador	4.92	5.75
4×4 blindfolded	Javier Tirado Ortiz	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Berta García Parra	12 of 13 cubes · 50:38	—

The PB harvest

71 set · 20 still standing

César Pagán Villafañe — Pyraminx single 4.83: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
Josep Sanz Navarro — 4×4 single 58.52: into the top 34.9% of the event's history.
Adrian Roșu — 3×3 blindfolded single 2:07.30: into the top 35.8% of the event's history.
Hugo Muñoz Escudero — 2×2 single 4.93: into the top 38.4% of the event's history.
Jordi Marco Terraes — 3×3 single 20.09: into the top 40.2% of the event's history.
Alejandro Guijarro — 2×2 single 5.08: into the top 40.3% of the event's history.
Luis Balsalobre Rodriguez — Pyraminx single 8.83: into the top 43.4% of the event's history.
Jordi Marco Terraes — 2×2 single 5.60: into the top 46.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

49 competitors · 295 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. Jose Angel Montesa Solaz won it with a 12.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

49 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.