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CLIP Open 2019

Porto · 16 March 2019 · 4 events · 56 competitors · 40 personal bests

Afonso Carapeto won four of the four events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Afonso Carapeto by 1.01 seconds. 56 competitors produced 40 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Vasco Vasconcelos set the 4×4 single national record: 36.28.

Four wins
Afonso Carapeto — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
1.01s
closest final — 2×2, Afonso Carapeto over Xiang Guo
40
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Afonso Carapeto8.449.39
2×2Afonso Carapeto2.623.31
4×4Afonso Carapeto37.2243.00
3×3 one-handedAfonso Carapeto15.8618.92

The PB harvest

40 set · 16 still standing

First-timers

29 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

56 competitors · 251 results · 4 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 9.39 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.