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Competitions · Portugal

Arroios Summer 2025

Arroios, Lisboa · 5 July 2025 · 7 events · 46 competitors · 85 personal bests

Xingyu Zhu (朱星宇) won two of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes by 0.02 seconds. 46 competitors produced 85 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kiary Roque Russo set the Megaminx single national record: 1:48.34.

Two wins
Xingyu Zhu (朱星宇) — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.02s
closest final — Pyraminx, Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes over Lorenzo Calogero Buscemi
85
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Xingyu Zhu (朱星宇)7.278.05
2×2Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes2.123.10
4×4Mikel Manterola Zarraga33.8338.34
3×3 one-handedXingyu Zhu (朱星宇)11.9113.62
ClockLorenzo Calogero Buscemi5.125.73
MegaminxMikel Manterola Zarraga1:01.361:03.98
PyraminxGabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes3.324.82

The PB harvest

85 set · 34 still standing

First-timers

Three 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

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

46 competitors · 401 results · 7 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. Xingyu Zhu (朱星宇) won it with a 8.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

46 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.