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Competitions · Brazil

Colégio Asther Open 2023

Campinas, São Paulo · 1 April 2023 · 6 events · 70 competitors · 55 personal bests

Marcos Ferreira Semolini won three of the six events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Vicenzo Guerino Cecchini by 0.22 seconds. 70 competitors produced 55 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Caio Hideaki Sato set the 3×3 average continental record: 5.90.

Three wins
Marcos Ferreira Semolini — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.22s
closest final — 2×2, Vicenzo Guerino Cecchini over Caique Crispim de Lima
55
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Caio Hideaki Sato5.046.44
2×2Vicenzo Guerino Cecchini1.251.62
3×3 blindfoldedMarcos Ferreira Semolini49.92
PyraminxAna Beatriz M. Tannenbaum2.192.51
4×4 blindfoldedMarcos Ferreira Semolini2:12.60
3×3 Multi-BlindMarcos Ferreira Semolini27 of 31 cubes · 58:01

The PB harvest

55 set · 23 still standing

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

70 competitors · 251 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. Caio Hideaki Sato won it with a 6.44 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.