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Americana Open 2012

Americana, São Paulo · 1 December 2012 · 14 events · 68 competitors · 78 personal bests

Gabriel Dechichi Barbar won six of the 14 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Marcos Vinícius Vieira Takahashi da Silva by 0.10 seconds. 68 competitors produced 78 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Gabriel Dechichi Barbar set the 4×4 single continental record: 35.40.

Six wins

Gabriel Dechichi Barbar — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.10s

closest final — Magic, Marcos Vinícius Vieira Takahashi da Silva over Pedro Augusto Domingues Ribeiro

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Gabriel Dechichi Barbar	9.91	10.75
2×2	Gabriel Dechichi Barbar	1.84	2.50
4×4	Gabriel Dechichi Barbar	39.75	48.65
5×5	Gabriel Dechichi Barbar	1:20.81	1:28.86
3×3 blindfolded	Rafael Werneck Cinoto	3:33.53	—
3×3 one-handed	Gabriel Dechichi Barbar	15.83	17.72
Clock	Alrimar Dias Rocha Sobrinho	9.78	14.24
Megaminx	Gabriel Dechichi Barbar	1:59.02	2:21.48
Pyraminx	Alrimar Dias Rocha Sobrinho	6.03	7.50
Square-1	Leandro Vasconcellos Alleoni	35.69	42.47
3×3 Multi-Blind	Felipe Baldívio Freires	1 of 2 cubes · 8:13	—
3×3 with feet	Rafael Werneck Cinoto	38.40	43.44
Magic	Marcos Vinícius Vieira Takahashi da Silva	1.15	1.39
Master Magic	Alrimar Dias Rocha Sobrinho	3.05	3.89

The PB harvest

78 set · 26 still standing

João Guilherme Barejan Maiale — Magic single 0.86: into the top 0.65% of the event's history.
Gabriel Dechichi Barbar — 2×2 single 1.84: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Gustavo Maysonnave Franck — 3×3 single 11.90: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
Cesar Vinicius S. Barejan — Magic single 1.31: into the top 17.9% of the event's history.
Alrimar Dias Rocha Sobrinho — Master Magic single 3.05: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.
Gabriel Pitali de Carvalho — 2×2 single 3.47: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.
Gustavo Maysonnave Franck — 5×5 single 1:25.86: into the top 24.0% of the event's history.
Gustavo Maysonnave Franck — 4×4 single 50.38: into the top 25.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,376 people who made their debut in 2012. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

68 competitors · 395 results · 14 events.

Everyone who competed

68 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.