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Competitions · Brazil

Bora Bora Barra Open 2023

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro · 17 June 2023 · 14 events · 52 competitors · 84 personal bests

Caio Hideaki Sato won six of the 14 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Caio Hideaki Sato by 0.38 seconds. 52 competitors produced 84 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Caio Hideaki Sato set the Skewb average national record: 3.02.

Six wins
Caio Hideaki Sato — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Skewb
0.38s
closest final — 2×2, Caio Hideaki Sato over Kaique de Oliveira Neves
84
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Caio Hideaki Sato5.326.60
2×2Caio Hideaki Sato2.622.75
4×4Caio Hideaki Sato25.5128.26
5×5Lucas Ichiro Yunomae54.4557.51
6×6Lucas Ichiro Yunomae1:50.291:57.56
7×7Lucas Ichiro Yunomae2:56.873:01.07
3×3 blindfoldedFrederico Canal Gomes1:21.57
3×3 Fewest MovesKaique de Oliveira Neves37 moves
3×3 one-handedCaio Hideaki Sato8.8010.18
ClockRoberto Caldas5.577.04
MegaminxCaio Hideaki Sato38.1641.26
PyraminxEmanuel Victor Araújo dos Santos3.324.21
SkewbCaio Hideaki Sato2.593.02
Square-1Gabriel Lincon Souza10.7111.82

The PB harvest

84 set · 14 still standing

First-timers

13 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

52 competitors · 393 results · 14 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 6.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

52 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.