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Competitions · Brazil

Center Shopping Jacarepaguá Open 2025

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro · 6 December 2025 · 11 events · 33 competitors · 38 personal bests

Caio Hideaki Sato won six of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Sofia Pirovani Alexandre by 0.06 seconds. 33 competitors produced 38 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Eduardo Ribeiro Strauch took a Square-1 single of 1:27.91 down to 46.25, 47 percent better in one day.

Six wins
Caio Hideaki Sato — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Skewb
0.06s
closest final — Square-1, Sofia Pirovani Alexandre over Kaique de Oliveira Neves
38
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Caio Hideaki Sato4.895.72
2×2Kaique de Oliveira Neves1.932.23
4×4Caio Hideaki Sato24.2028.26
5×5Caio Hideaki Sato46.0249.78
3×3 blindfoldedCarlos Eduardo de Oliveira Souza Barcelos1:22.87
3×3 one-handedCaio Hideaki Sato8.6011.34
ClockKaique de Oliveira Neves3.626.30
MegaminxCaio Hideaki Sato34.0140.18
PyraminxKaique de Oliveira Neves2.063.66
SkewbCaio Hideaki Sato2.602.73
Square-1Sofia Pirovani Alexandre14.4815.77

The PB harvest

38 set · 15 still standing

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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

33 competitors · 277 results · 11 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 5.72 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

33 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.