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Competitions · Brazil

Bio Ateneu Santos 2023

Santos, São Paulo · 3 June 2023 · 4 events · 29 competitors · 27 personal bests

Caio Hideaki Sato won three of the four events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Caio Hideaki Sato by 0.02 seconds. 29 competitors produced 27 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Felipe Lorenzo Neves Alves took a 2×2 single of 5.32 down to 1.55, 71 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Caio Hideaki Sato — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4
0.02s
closest final — 2×2, Caio Hideaki Sato over Tiago Akihiro Fujita
27
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Caio Hideaki Sato5.466.57
2×2Caio Hideaki Sato2.132.33
4×4Caio Hideaki Sato26.2427.26
ClockPedro Lima Fernandes5.926.39

The PB harvest

27 set · 10 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

29 competitors · 101 results · 4 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. Caio Hideaki Sato won it with a 6.57 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

29 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.