Competitions · Brazil

CAU ao Cubo 2024

Itajaí, Santa Catarina · 26 October 2024 · 13 events · 56 competitors · 100 personal bests

Samuel Velho Pereira Meira won five of the 13 events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Samuel Velho Pereira Meira by 0.15 seconds. 56 competitors produced 100 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Kauai de Espindola took a 3×3 single of 51.98 down to 26.97, 48 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Samuel Velho Pereira Meira — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, Skewb, Square-1

0.15s

closest final — 2×2, Samuel Velho Pereira Meira over Samuel Barbosa Pinheiro

100

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Samuel Velho Pereira Meira	7.18	8.81
2×2	Samuel Velho Pereira Meira	2.47	2.85
4×4	Christian de Sena Fortunato	29.06	31.54
5×5	Samuel Velho Pereira Meira	59.48	1:01.16
6×6	Ana Beatriz M. Tannenbaum	1:56.97	2:00.47
7×7	Ana Beatriz M. Tannenbaum	3:22.60	3:29.91
3×3 blindfolded	Bruno Henrique de Abreu	1:10.29	—
3×3 one-handed	Artur Augusto Mendes	13.30	13.66
Clock	Maria Clara Rodrigues Garola Lima	5.45	6.72
Megaminx	Jenifer Cavalcante	48.90	53.43
Pyraminx	Ana Beatriz M. Tannenbaum	2.16	2.82
Skewb	Samuel Velho Pereira Meira	3.76	5.08
Square-1	Samuel Velho Pereira Meira	8.94	11.59

The PB harvest

100 set · 31 still standing

Samuel Velho Pereira Meira — Square-1 single 8.94: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Miguel Sandri da Silva — Pyraminx single 3.55: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Pedro Henrique Guerra Pereira — Skewb single 3.55: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Francisco de Melo Demaria — 3×3 one-handed single 15.91: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Bryan Rosset Garcia — 2×2 single 3.95: into the top 25.9% of the event's history.
Gustavo Henrique Arins — 6×6 single 2:30.77: into the top 26.0% of the event's history.
Pedro Contreiras Moura — 3×3 one-handed single 22.59: into the top 27.6% of the event's history.
Guilherme Oliveira Finarde — 2×2 single 4.42: into the top 31.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

56 competitors · 371 results · 13 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. Samuel Velho Pereira Meira won it with a 8.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

56 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.