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Competitions · Brazil

Araruama ao Cubo 2024

Araruama, Rio de Janeiro · 18 May 2024 · 12 events · 26 competitors · 33 personal bests

Kaique de Oliveira Neves won five of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Kaique de Oliveira Neves by 0.07 seconds. 26 competitors produced 33 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ana Luiza Corrêa Cunha took a 2×2 single of 8.67 down to 3.73, 57 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Kaique de Oliveira Neves — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Clock
0.07s
closest final — 4×4, Kaique de Oliveira Neves over Pedro Henrique Tesch
33
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kaique de Oliveira Neves7.379.16
2×2Kaique de Oliveira Neves1.712.21
4×4Kaique de Oliveira Neves37.1544.41
5×5Gabriel Sargeiro Gomes de Mello1:09.361:20.01
3×3 blindfoldedPedro Henrique Maciel Ceccopieri Belo (陈昊然)2:13.58
3×3 Fewest MovesDaniel Schreiber Guimarães37 moves
3×3 one-handedKaique de Oliveira Neves13.8216.81
ClockKaique de Oliveira Neves3.984.72
MegaminxGabriel Sargeiro Gomes de Mello49.8752.04
PyraminxEmanuel Victor Araújo dos Santos3.083.70
SkewbJonathan Pires Medeiros3.074.63
Square-1Daniel Schreiber Guimarães12.0016.56

The PB harvest

33 set · 8 still standing

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

26 competitors · 250 results · 12 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 9.16 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

26 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.