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Explorarubik 2017

Coimbra · 18 March 2017 · 6 events · 45 competitors · 47 personal bests

Afonso Carapeto won four of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Leandro Baltazar by 0.11 seconds. 45 competitors produced 47 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Afonso Carapeto set the 3×3 single national record: 7.71.

Four wins
Afonso Carapeto — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.11s
closest final — Pyraminx, Leandro Baltazar over Didier Batista Ferreira
47
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Afonso Carapeto9.169.81
2×2Afonso Carapeto3.934.23
4×4Afonso Carapeto47.0047.65
3×3 blindfoldedDidier Batista Ferreira1:14.40
3×3 one-handedAfonso Carapeto14.0118.24
PyraminxLeandro Baltazar4.067.05

The PB harvest

47 set · 17 still standing
  • Vasco Vasconcelos — 3×3 one-handed single 11.40: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
  • Afonso Carapeto — Pyraminx single 4.03: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
  • Luís Tovar — 3×3 single 11.85: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
  • Ricardo Tinoco — 3×3 single 12.09: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
  • Diogo Carvalho — 3×3 single 14.77: into the top 23.6% of the event's history.
  • Afonso Magalhães — 3×3 single 16.71: into the top 30.1% of the event's history.
  • Diogo Carvalho — 2×2 single 5.41: into the top 44.3% of the event's history.
  • Afonso Magalhães — Pyraminx single 9.01: into the top 44.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

45 competitors · 224 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. Afonso Carapeto won it with a 9.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

45 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.