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Desafio Nipo-Brasileiro BH 2025

Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais · 20 September 2025 · 10 events · 56 competitors · 90 personal bests

Samuel Bortolan Clemente won seven of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Megaminx, won by Samuel Bortolan Clemente by 0.33 seconds. 56 competitors produced 90 personal bests, 41 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Samuel Capanema Gloria took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:38.24 down to 23.39, 76 percent better in one day.

Seven wins
Samuel Bortolan Clemente — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Skewb
0.33s
closest final — Megaminx, Samuel Bortolan Clemente over Diego Eiji Akatsuka Mizuta
90
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Samuel Bortolan Clemente7.637.97
2×2Samuel Bortolan Clemente1.473.17
4×4Samuel Bortolan Clemente32.0635.87
5×5Samuel Bortolan Clemente1:08.921:16.05
3×3 blindfoldedAndré Fazito Morais2:02.362:26.48
3×3 one-handedSamuel Bortolan Clemente14.8415.84
ClockLuiz Fernando Santos de Sousa6.156.74
MegaminxSamuel Bortolan Clemente56.091:03.96
PyraminxJoão Borba Alvares da Silva2.513.97
SkewbSamuel Bortolan Clemente4.194.67

The PB harvest

90 set · 41 still standing

First-timers

22 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

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

The field

56 competitors · 347 results · 10 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. Samuel Bortolan Clemente won it with a 7.97 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.