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Competitions · Portugal

Cubing in Venteira 2025

Venteira, Amadora · 6 September 2025 · 6 events · 49 competitors · 66 personal bests

Xingyu Zhu (朱星宇) won the 3×3 with a 8.28 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Fausto Claro da Fonte by 0.06 seconds. 49 competitors produced 66 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kiary Roque Russo set the Skewb single national record: 3.09.

6
events decided
0.06s
closest final — 2×2, Fausto Claro da Fonte over Pedro Azevedo
66
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Xingyu Zhu (朱星宇)7.048.28
2×2Fausto Claro da Fonte2.423.85
4×4Pedro Azevedo35.0737.23
ClockAnton Duchesne7.788.11
SkewbFernando Sáez Lázaro2.923.44
Square-1Diogo Miguel Alves Guerreiro10.8713.43

The PB harvest

66 set · 34 still standing

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

49 competitors · 292 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. Xingyu Zhu (朱星宇) won it with a 8.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.