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CLIP Open 2018

Porto · 10 March 2018 · 6 events · 49 competitors · 34 personal bests

Afonso Carapeto won two of the six events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Afonso Carapeto by 0.75 seconds. 49 competitors produced 34 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Afonso Carapeto set the 2×2 single national record: 1.47.

Two wins
Afonso Carapeto — 3×3, 2×2
0.75s
closest final — 2×2, Afonso Carapeto over Ting Sheng Bao Yang
34
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Afonso Carapeto10.1410.56
2×2Afonso Carapeto2.763.58
4×4Ting Sheng Bao Yang41.9946.58
3×3 blindfoldedIstván Kocza56.25
PyraminxDidier Batista Ferreira5.555.79
3×3 Multi-BlindDidier Batista Ferreira12 of 12 cubes · 49:35

The PB harvest

34 set · 14 still standing
  • Afonso Carapeto — 2×2 single 1.47: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
  • Didier Batista Ferreira — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 12 of 12 cubes · 49:35: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
  • Luís Tovar — 2×2 single 2.85: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
  • António Dias — 3×3 single 11.84: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
  • Francisco Power — Pyraminx single 5.37: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
  • Anselmo José Gonçalves Falorca — Pyraminx single 5.54: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.
  • Luís Tovar — Pyraminx single 5.67: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.
  • Rui Costa — 3×3 single 14.20: into the top 21.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

49 competitors · 200 results · 6 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 10.56 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

49 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.