Competitions · Brazil

Arena Curuçá Open 2018

São Paulo, São Paulo · 27 January 2018 · 3 events · 84 competitors · 46 personal bests

Vicenzo Guerino Cecchini won two of the three events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by João Guilherme Barejan Maiale by 0.35 seconds. 84 competitors produced 46 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Pedro Luiz Ferreira Pires took a 2×2 single of 6.72 down to 2.09, 69 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Vicenzo Guerino Cecchini — 3×3, 2×2

0.35s

closest final — Pyraminx, João Guilherme Barejan Maiale over Felipe Cardim

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Vicenzo Guerino Cecchini	8.37	9.62
2×2	Vicenzo Guerino Cecchini	1.43	3.32
Pyraminx	João Guilherme Barejan Maiale	3.08	4.12

The PB harvest

46 set · 15 still standing

Felipe Cardim — 2×2 single 1.29: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Pedro Luiz Ferreira Pires — 2×2 single 2.09: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Beni Issler — 2×2 single 2.37: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Marcos Ferreira Semolini — 2×2 single 2.50: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Vinícius Pascoal — 2×2 single 2.52: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Luis Henrique Araujo Alves — 3×3 single 10.93: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Fellipe Geraldi — Pyraminx single 5.52: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.
Ronan Felipe Jorge — 2×2 single 3.56: into the top 20.9% 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

84 competitors · 250 results · 3 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. Vicenzo Guerino Cecchini won it with a 9.62 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

84 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.