Competitions · Spain

Vedruna Balaguer Open 2019

Balaguer, Lleida · 23 February 2019 · 12 events · 55 competitors · 88 personal bests

Biel Salmons Gonzalez won three of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Biel Salmons Gonzalez by 0.53 seconds. 55 competitors produced 88 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Martí Jiménez Vidal took a 2×2 single of 41.94 down to 10.63, 75 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Biel Salmons Gonzalez — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.53s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Biel Salmons Gonzalez over Rodrigo Aguilar

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Biel Salmons Gonzalez	6.89	8.98
2×2	Biel Salmons Gonzalez	2.12	2.83
4×4	Mauro Moisés Ortega López	33.90	36.70
5×5	Mauro Moisés Ortega López	1:04.45	1:10.55
3×3 blindfolded	Sergi Sabat	2:06.62	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Mauro Moisés Ortega López	31 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Biel Salmons Gonzalez	14.53	18.59
Clock	Javier Tirado Ortiz	8.21	9.39
Megaminx	Pau Vela García	1:01.87	1:10.99
Pyraminx	Héctor Haro Guerrero	3.21	3.94
Skewb	Héctor Haro Guerrero	3.65	4.12
Square-1	Oscar Sánchez Najarro	12.80	16.23

The PB harvest

88 set · 24 still standing

Javier Atienza Rodriguez — Pyraminx single 3.83: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Pablo Ferrando Brunet — Skewb single 4.03: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
David Doblas Hernández — 2×2 single 2.85: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
David Doblas Hernández — 3×3 one-handed single 20.67: into the top 22.3% of the event's history.
Joel Pascuet Solà — 2×2 single 3.89: into the top 25.1% of the event's history.
Eugeniu Moscalenco — 2×2 single 4.01: into the top 26.6% of the event's history.
Jan Nieto Oliveras — 2×2 single 4.36: into the top 31.1% of the event's history.
Jordi Borrell — 2×2 single 4.39: into the top 31.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

55 competitors · 412 results · 12 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 8.98 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

55 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.