Rubik’s Championship

ALMERIA has now crowned the new absolute Rubik’s Cube Champion in its second Rubik’s Cube Championship.

The championship brought together 75 cuberos (Rubik’s Cube players) from all over Spain.

Last weekend, April 15 and 16, the test was held in the speciality of ‘Speedcub- ing’, which consists of solving the Rubik’s Cube in the shortest possible time.

The winner, Carlos Mendez from Huelva, managed to complete the 3x3 puzzle test in an average of 8.79 seconds. Additionally, Carlos took two first places in the Skewb and Square-1 categories and second place in the 3×3 Fewer Moves category.

Tomas Hidalgo, a member of the Spanish SpeedCubing Association, stated: “We consider that we have left with a very good impression of Almeria and the participants have been very happy with the city.

“We would like to thank the city council for the support it has given us.”

Lucrative Lidl

THE German chain Lidl, which has 14 hypermar ‐kets in the province of Almeria, signed an agree‐ment on Thursday, April 13 with the Almeria‐based company Joisan to build on the commercial plot of 7,000 metres in El Toyo.

Star Flyer

ON Saturday, April 15, the port of Almeria re ‐ceived the first cruise ship of 2023. The cruise ship was the Star Flyer, of the Star Clippers shipping company. The ship has a capacity for 177 passen‐gers plus crew and will in‐augurate the Almeria dock this year.

Direct to Granada

THE train journey from Almeria to Granada will be direct again after the con‐clusion of the works of the interchange that connects with the high‐speed trains. Since last March, passen‐gers have had to change trains and travel by bus between Iznalloz and Granada.

Parking resolved

TORRECARDENAS Hospi‐tal is considering options to solve the parking short‐age. The historical prob‐lem is growing with the in‐crease in population and care services. A multi ‐storey underground car park and a new esplanade on municipal land near the shopping centre are some of the options on the table.

No speeding

ADRA Local Police will car‐ry out a Special Campaign on speed control and surveillance from April 17 to 23. Speeding not only affects road safety but also has a negative influence on the environment, quali‐ty of life and fuel con ‐sumption.