Competitions · Brazil
Araruama Cubing 2025
Araruama, Rio de Janeiro · 20 September 2025 · 9 events · 22 competitors · 39 personal bests
Kaique de Oliveira Neves won four of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, Clock) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Rafael Hiroshi Eguchi Neves by 0.18 seconds. 22 competitors produced 39 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Daniel Lencastre de Souza Quintão took a Square-1 single of 1:04.90 down to 26.05, 60 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Kaique de Oliveira Neves | 7.37 | 8.43 |
| 2×2 | Kaique de Oliveira Neves | 1.66 | 1.95 |
| 4×4 | Edgar Nogueira Garcia Pinho | 38.80 | 39.76 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Felipe Costa de Oliveira | 14.55 | 17.38 |
| Clock | Kaique de Oliveira Neves | 4.43 | 5.08 |
| Megaminx | Felipe Costa de Oliveira | 53.61 | 56.90 |
| Pyraminx | Kaique de Oliveira Neves | 2.71 | 3.64 |
| Skewb | Mariana Castro | 3.10 | 3.69 |
| Square-1 | Rafael Hiroshi Eguchi Neves | 14.80 | 16.77 |
The PB harvest
39 set · 16 still standing- Gustavo Costa de Oliveira — 3×3 single 7.52: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
- Arthur Braum Coelho Freitas — 3×3 single 8.69: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
- Felipe Costa de Oliveira — 3×3 single 10.18: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
- Daniel Lencastre de Souza Quintão — 3×3 one-handed single 17.80: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
- Daniel dos Passos de Castro — Pyraminx single 5.58: into the top 16.9% of the event's history.
- Daniel Lencastre de Souza Quintão — 4×4 single 44.91: into the top 18.2% of the event's history.
- Gustavo Costa de Oliveira — Pyraminx single 6.28: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
- Gustavo Costa de Oliveira — 3×3 one-handed single 21.60: into the top 24.9% of the event's history.
First-timers
Two people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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
22 competitors · 195 results · 9 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. Kaique de Oliveira Neves won it with a 8.43 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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F' L2 U2 L F2 D' U2 L2 D' U R2 U' B' U2 L R D F' U2 - 2
R B2 R B2 L' F2 R D2 U F2 L' R' D2 R U' F' R D2 U2 - 3
B R D' F' R L2 F2 U' F U2 B2 L' B2 U2 F2 L' U2 L2 U - 4
R2 F U D B R' U2 F' B U F' B2 L2 F R2 U2 R2 U2 - 5
D' F L' F R2 F2 L2 R2 D' R2 B2 U L2 F U' L' R F D' L2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
22 competitors- Arthur Braum Coelho Freitas
- Bernardo da Silva Marinho
- Bruno da Silva Neves
- Carlos Eduardo de Oliveira Souza Barcelos
- Daniel dos Passos de Castro
- Daniel Lencastre de Souza Quintão
- Edgar Nogueira Garcia Pinho
- Eduardo Ribeiro Strauch
- Felipe Costa de Oliveira
- Gustavo Bortone Cardoso Perestrello Feijó
- Gustavo Costa de Oliveira
- Henrique Soares de Almeida
- Henrique Thiengo Sampaio
- João Pedro Estanek Coelho
- José Carlos Câmara de Oliveira
- Kaique de Oliveira Neves
- Mariana Castro
- Paula Castro
- Rafael Hiroshi Eguchi Neves
- Samuel Rodrigues Gonçalves do Nascimento
- Victor Rampinelli Villar de Medeiros
- Viviane Soares Pires
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.