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CLIP Open 2016

Porto · 12 March 2016 · 5 events · 34 competitors · 19 personal bests

Afonso Carapeto won three of the five events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Afonso Carapeto by 0.30 seconds. 34 competitors produced 19 personal bests, 4 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Afonso Carapeto set the 3×3 single national record: 9.62.

Three wins
Afonso Carapeto — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4
0.30s
closest final — 2×2, Afonso Carapeto over Didier Batista Ferreira
19
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Afonso Carapeto9.6211.59
2×2Afonso Carapeto3.053.81
4×4Afonso Carapeto45.4851.89
3×3 blindfoldedDidier Batista Ferreira1:31.72
PyraminxDidier Batista Ferreira5.425.67

The PB harvest

19 set · 4 still standing
  • Tomás Worm Ramos — 3×3 single 13.06: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.
  • António Dias — Pyraminx single 6.14: into the top 21.0% of the event's history.
  • Tomás Worm Ramos — 4×4 single 1:01.40: into the top 38.0% of the event's history.
  • Tomás Worm Ramos — Pyraminx single 8.46: into the top 40.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

34 competitors · 137 results · 5 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. Afonso Carapeto won it with a 11.59 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

34 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.