Competitions · Spain

Velilla Open 2024

Velilla de San Antonio, Madrid · 2 March 2024 · 10 events · 61 competitors · 90 personal bests

Kevin Gerhardt won six of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Manuel Prieto de Antón by 0.01 seconds. 61 competitors produced 90 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Lorenzo Escobar Kraskouskaya set the 3×3 single national record: 4.81.

Six wins

Kevin Gerhardt — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.01s

closest final — Pyraminx, Manuel Prieto de Antón over Raúl Cuevas Castillo

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kevin Gerhardt	5.38	6.98
2×2	Kevin Gerhardt	1.56	1.67
4×4	Kevin Gerhardt	21.21	24.33
5×5	Kevin Gerhardt	44.45	47.65
3×3 blindfolded	Badr Ait Belaid	47.01	—
3×3 one-handed	Kevin Gerhardt	10.84	11.95
Megaminx	Kevin Gerhardt	32.86	37.82
Pyraminx	Manuel Prieto de Antón	1.90	3.47
Skewb	Manuel Prieto de Antón	1.38	2.73
Square-1	Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña	8.54	12.15

The PB harvest

90 set · 22 still standing

Lorenzo Escobar Kraskouskaya — Pyraminx single 1.86: into the top 0.92% of the event's history.
Iñigo Escolar Maícas — 3×3 single 6.87: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Daniele Vanoli Hernández — Pyraminx single 2.86: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Gonzalo Blanco Herrero — Megaminx single 50.49: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Tomás Franco Chehebar — 4×4 single 35.58: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña — Megaminx single 57.55: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Gonzalo Blanco Herrero — 3×3 single 11.06: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Pablo Cano Barrajón — Pyraminx single 4.76: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

61 competitors · 606 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. Kevin Gerhardt won it with a 6.98 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

61 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.