Competitions · Portugal

Azeméis Open 2023

Oliveira de Azeméis, Aveiro · 2 September 2023 · 5 events · 94 competitors · 77 personal bests

Afonso Carapeto won two of the five events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Afonso Carapeto by 0.19 seconds. 94 competitors produced 77 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 44 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kiary Roque Russo set the 4×4 single national record: 1:44.72.

Two wins

Afonso Carapeto — 3×3, 4×4

0.19s

closest final — 3×3, Afonso Carapeto over Pedro Azevedo

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Afonso Carapeto	7.63	8.61
2×2	Luan Philippe Da Silva	1.77	2.47
4×4	Afonso Carapeto	35.00	39.15
3×3 blindfolded	Hugo Laginha	57.74	—
Skewb	Mar Gallego Vicente	3.70	4.18

The PB harvest

77 set · 22 still standing

Arthur Torres — 3×3 single 8.41: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Victor Novokshanov — 3×3 single 9.23: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
André Melão — 2×2 single 2.43: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Victor Novokshanov — 2×2 single 2.45: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Xiang Guo — 3×3 single 10.35: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Gabriel Vidal Figueiredo — 2×2 single 2.52: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Francisco Power — 3×3 single 11.57: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
Xiang Guo — 4×4 single 41.15: into the top 13.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

44 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

94 competitors · 413 results · 5 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. Afonso Carapeto won it with a 8.61 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

94 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.