Competitions · Portugal

AEO Moliceiro Open 2026

Oliveirinha, Aveiro · 31 January 2026 · 8 events · 44 competitors · 71 personal bests

Tiago Morais won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Martim Carvalho by 0.31 seconds. 44 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Sara Martins took a Skewb single of 11.90 down to 4.16, 65 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Tiago Morais — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.31s

closest final — Pyraminx, Martim Carvalho over Achilles Standring

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Tiago Morais	7.74	8.03
2×2	Achilles Standring	1.66	1.82
4×4	Tiago Morais	24.92	28.58
3×3 one-handed	Tiago Morais	12.70	15.34
Clock	José Maria Morgado Melo Gomes da Costa	5.87	7.35
Pyraminx	Martim Carvalho	2.44	4.54
Skewb	João Dinis Santos Martins	3.12	3.64
Square-1	Diogo Miguel Alves Guerreiro	8.63	10.94

The PB harvest

71 set · 46 still standing

Martim Carvalho — 3×3 single 7.38: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
João Ribeiro — 2×2 single 1.96: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Fausto Claro da Fonte — Clock single 5.40: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Francisco Soares Fernandes — 3×3 single 10.12: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Francisco Camões Tavares — 3×3 single 10.53: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
André dos Santos Gomes — Square-1 single 11.62: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
João Larouca — 3×3 single 10.94: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
André de Sousa Fernandes — 2×2 single 2.72: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. 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

44 competitors · 424 results · 8 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. Tiago Morais won it with a 8.03 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

44 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.