Competitions · Portugal
Arroios Winter 2026
Arroios, Lisboa · 7 February 2026 · 6 events · 25 competitors · 17 personal bests
Xingyu Zhu (朱星宇) won two of the six events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Xingyu Zhu (朱星宇) by 0.09 seconds. 25 competitors produced 17 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and one people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
A national record
Diogo Miguel Alves Guerreiro set the Square-1 single national record: 6.75.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Xingyu Zhu (朱星宇) | 6.30 | 8.50 |
| 2×2 | Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes | 1.89 | 2.17 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Hugo Laginha | 43.41 | 50.09 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Xingyu Zhu (朱星宇) | 13.13 | 14.70 |
| Skewb | Manuel Tiago Teixeira Paciência | 4.31 | 5.00 |
| Square-1 | Diogo Miguel Alves Guerreiro | 6.75 | 10.64 |
The PB harvest
17 set · 8 still standing- Xingyu Zhu (朱星宇) — 3×3 single 6.30: into the top 0.69% of the event's history.
- Diogo Miguel Alves Guerreiro — Square-1 single 6.75: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
- Afonso Carvalho — 3×3 single 8.44: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
- Michael Orger — Skewb single 4.67: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
- Diogo Correia — 2×2 single 3.94: into the top 25.7% of the event's history.
- Afonso Carvalho — Skewb single 6.58: into the top 30.3% of the event's history.
- Afonso Carapeto — Square-1 single 23.88: into the top 36.6% of the event's history.
- Gonçalo Guerreiro — Skewb single 9.65: into the top 52.7% of the event's history.
First-timers
One person competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
1 regional record was set at this competition.
The field
25 competitors · 185 results · 6 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 8.50 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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L2 F2 U2 B U' F' R' L2 B' D2 L' U2 R2 F2 R F2 D2 R B' - 2
L D B2 L' F2 R' U2 L2 R' U2 B2 U2 D' L' D2 U L' B' L2 - 3
L' U2 F2 R B2 D2 F2 D L2 B2 D R U' L' F2 U2 F D' - 4
U' R B2 R2 B2 R' U2 L U2 D L2 U' R F' L' U F D U - 5
F R' F D L2 F2 L2 R' B2 L D R D' R2 F' U L
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
25 competitors- Afonso Carapeto
- Afonso Carvalho
- Anton Duchesne
- Carlos Guerreiro
- David Martins
- Diogo Correia
- Diogo Miguel Alves Guerreiro
- Diogo Oliveira
- Fausto Claro da Fonte
- Fernando Martins
- Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes
- Gabriel Lourenço
- Gonçalo Guerreiro
- Hugo Laginha
- Manuel Tiago Teixeira Paciência
- Marta Fernandes Cid
- Michael Orger
- Nuno Liu
- Paulo Alberto Zambo Manuel
- Pedro Azevedo
- Rodrigo Queiroz Teixeira
- Sara Martins
- Sérgio Leonardo Gaocho
- Vasco Vasconcelos
- Xingyu Zhu (朱星宇)
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.