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Competitions · Brazil

Auxiliadora Open 2023

São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro · 14 October 2023 · 8 events · 21 competitors · 41 personal bests

Kaique de Oliveira Neves won four of the eight events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Victor Rampinelli Villar de Medeiros by 0.05 seconds. 21 competitors produced 41 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

João Victor de Lira Pires took a Square-1 single of 1:42.93 down to 56.46, 45 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Kaique de Oliveira Neves — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Square-1
0.05s
closest final — 3×3, Victor Rampinelli Villar de Medeiros over Kaique de Oliveira Neves
41
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Victor Rampinelli Villar de Medeiros7.689.68
2×2Kaique de Oliveira Neves1.682.22
3×3 blindfoldedGabriel Silva dos Santos5:50.27
3×3 one-handedKaique de Oliveira Neves13.5819.06
MegaminxJônatas Tavares Andrade45.8257.66
PyraminxKaique de Oliveira Neves3.073.76
SkewbMariana Castro3.483.67
Square-1Kaique de Oliveira Neves18.6122.27

The PB harvest

41 set · 11 still standing

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

21 competitors · 113 results · 8 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. Victor Rampinelli Villar de Medeiros won it with a 9.68 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

21 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.