Competitions · Portugal

Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024

Costa da Caparica · 21 December 2024 · 6 events · 116 competitors · 138 personal bests

Sebastian Weyer won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Luís Pedro Gomes Costa by 0.32 seconds. 116 competitors produced 138 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tiago Morais set the 4×4 single national record: 26.17.

Two wins

Sebastian Weyer — 3×3, 4×4

0.32s

closest final — Pyraminx, Luís Pedro Gomes Costa over Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes

138

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sebastian Weyer	6.01	6.36
2×2	Tiago Morais	1.76	2.54
4×4	Sebastian Weyer	18.43	21.01
Clock	Adam Devere	5.47	5.79
Pyraminx	Luís Pedro Gomes Costa	2.58	4.27
Square-1	Diogo Miguel Alves Guerreiro	11.30	11.63

The PB harvest

138 set · 35 still standing

Afonso Carapeto — 3×3 single 6.11: into the top 0.55% of the event's history.
Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes — Pyraminx single 2.78: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Duncan KB Nelson — Pyraminx single 3.12: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Afonso Carvalho — Pyraminx single 3.35: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Hugo Laginha — 3×3 single 10.02: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Tiago Miguel Casimiro Paixão — 3×3 single 10.13: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Gonçalo Carrasquinho — 2×2 single 2.51: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes — Clock single 7.12: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

116 competitors · 772 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. Sebastian Weyer won it with a 6.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

116 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.