Competitions · Brazil

Curitiba Contra o Tempo 2026

Curitiba, Paraná · 7 February 2026 · 11 events · 51 competitors · 82 personal bests

Artur Augusto Mendes won four of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Dante Navarro Vera by 0.02 seconds. 51 competitors produced 82 personal bests, 49 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Emanuel Boeze da Silva Moreira took a 2×2 single of 5.83 down to 3.34, 43 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Artur Augusto Mendes — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.02s

closest final — Pyraminx, Dante Navarro Vera over Gustavo Mendes Vidal

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Artur Augusto Mendes	6.00	7.72
2×2	Dante Navarro Vera	1.13	1.67
4×4	Artur Augusto Mendes	30.24	34.19
5×5	Artur Augusto Mendes	1:00.38	1:01.39
6×6	Dante Navarro Vera	1:44.15	1:56.21
7×7	Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo	2:04.16	2:13.04
3×3 blindfolded	Francisco Guesser Humenhuk	37.74	—
3×3 one-handed	Artur Augusto Mendes	11.75	12.28
Clock	Dante Navarro Vera	4.73	5.55
Megaminx	Nícolas Raubach Munari	41.38	46.98
Pyraminx	Dante Navarro Vera	2.35	3.32

The PB harvest

82 set · 49 still standing

Augusto Agostini Klappoth — Clock single 4.83: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Dante Navarro Vera — 6×6 single 1:44.15: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Kailane Boeze da Silva Moreira — Clock single 5.50: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Anthony Branco Barreto dos Santos — 4×4 single 37.45: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Diego Paulo de Sousa — Clock single 6.56: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Anthony Branco Barreto dos Santos — 3×3 single 10.68: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Francisco Guesser Humenhuk — 2×2 single 2.56: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Juliano Paloma Gemin Hoffmam — 2×2 single 2.56: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

51 competitors · 379 results · 11 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. Artur Augusto Mendes won it with a 7.72 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

51 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.