Competitions · Brazil

Ceará Open 2015

Fortaleza, Ceará · 28 March 2015 · 13 events · 44 competitors · 50 personal bests

Gustavo Penaforte Brito won four of the 13 events (2×2, 6×6, 3×3 Fewest Moves) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Gustavo Penaforte Brito by 1.02 seconds. 44 competitors produced 50 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Arthur de Melo took a 3×3 single of 35.05 down to 16.11, 54 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Gustavo Penaforte Brito — 2×2, 6×6, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed

1.02s

closest final — 2×2, Gustavo Penaforte Brito over Paulo César Façanha Silva Filho

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Guilherme Barros Alexandre d'Almeida	10.24	10.99
2×2	Gustavo Penaforte Brito	2.33	3.42
4×4	Guilherme Barros Alexandre d'Almeida	46.41	51.71
5×5	Guilherme Barros Alexandre d'Almeida	1:42.36	1:46.72
6×6	Gustavo Penaforte Brito	3:54.41	4:08.11
3×3 blindfolded	Rafael Werneck Cinoto	3:35.55	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Gustavo Penaforte Brito	36 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Gustavo Penaforte Brito	23.56	27.96
Megaminx	Francisco Thales Rocha Sousa	1:09.93	1:17.84
Pyraminx	Enzo Gonçalves Motta	6.49	7.32
Skewb	Francisco Thales Rocha Sousa	8.55	11.74
Square-1	Francisco Thales Rocha Sousa	30.52	39.65
3×3 with feet	Rafael Werneck Cinoto	44.78	48.47

The PB harvest

50 set · 20 still standing

Enzo Gonçalves Motta — Pyraminx single 4.03: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Paulo César Façanha Silva Filho — 3×3 single 11.01: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
Paulo César Façanha Silva Filho — 2×2 single 3.30: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
Gustavo Santiago Capistrano — 3×3 single 13.29: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
Rodrigo Fabricio Meneses — 2×2 single 3.69: into the top 22.6% of the event's history.
Jardel Bezerra Braga — 3×3 single 14.65: into the top 23.2% of the event's history.
Arthur de Melo — 3×3 single 16.11: into the top 28.1% of the event's history.
Alessandra Nery Gonçalves Motta — Pyraminx single 8.68: into the top 42.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. 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

44 competitors · 247 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. Guilherme Barros Alexandre d'Almeida won it with a 10.99 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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Race this final

Everyone who competed

44 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.