Competitions · Brazil

Alpha Lumen Open 2018

São José dos Campos, São Paulo · 23 June 2018 · 5 events · 73 competitors · 29 personal bests

Caio Hideaki Sato won two of the five events (3×3, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Iuri Grangeiro Carvalho by 0.13 seconds. 73 competitors produced 29 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ana Luisa do Amaral Batista took a 2×2 single of 32.14 down to 10.48, 67 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Caio Hideaki Sato — 3×3, Skewb

0.13s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Iuri Grangeiro Carvalho over Caio Hideaki Sato

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Caio Hideaki Sato	7.34	8.37
2×2	Vicenzo Guerino Cecchini	1.99	2.67
3×3 one-handed	Iuri Grangeiro Carvalho	10.93	13.65
Pyraminx	Vicenzo Guerino Cecchini	3.14	4.69
Skewb	Caio Hideaki Sato	3.21	3.83

The PB harvest

29 set · 12 still standing

Luís Gustavo Vanoni Berto — 2×2 single 2.72: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
Luís Gustavo Vanoni Berto — 3×3 one-handed single 21.62: into the top 24.9% of the event's history.
Guilherme Miyata Meirelles — 3×3 single 15.66: into the top 26.7% of the event's history.
Fabio De'Rose — Pyraminx single 6.88: into the top 26.9% of the event's history.
Fabio De'Rose — 3×3 single 16.54: into the top 29.5% of the event's history.
Luiz Eduardo Pimentel da Silva — 3×3 single 20.51: into the top 41.4% of the event's history.
Daniel Falcão Mendes da Silva — Skewb single 9.04: into the top 48.7% of the event's history.
Gustavo Higuti de Souza — 3×3 single 25.11: into the top 52.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

37 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

73 competitors · 202 results · 5 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. Caio Hideaki Sato won it with a 8.37 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

73 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.