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Competitions · Brazil

Faria Brito 2023

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro · 11 November 2023 · 11 events · 61 competitors · 78 personal bests

Kaique de Oliveira Neves won three of the eleven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Gabriel Sargeiro Gomes de Mello by 0.01 seconds. 61 competitors produced 78 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Daniel Gama Lignani took a Skewb single of 18.61 down to 8.01, 57 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Kaique de Oliveira Neves — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx
0.01s
closest final — 5×5, Gabriel Sargeiro Gomes de Mello over Gustavo Dias Dullens
78
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kaique de Oliveira Neves7.768.37
2×2Miguel de Oliveira Dias dos Santos1.682.60
4×4Gustavo Dias Dullens28.4935.06
5×5Gabriel Sargeiro Gomes de Mello1:12.591:18.57
3×3 blindfoldedIsrael Machado Soares1:50.302:09.82
3×3 Fewest MovesIsrael Machado Soares34 moves
3×3 one-handedKaique de Oliveira Neves12.3616.29
MegaminxGabriel Sargeiro Gomes de Mello50.8853.04
PyraminxKaique de Oliveira Neves3.404.15
SkewbIgor Butter Leão de Freitas4.024.59
Square-1Matheus Bezerra Primo15.7119.34

The PB harvest

78 set · 33 still standing

First-timers

21 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

61 competitors · 372 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. Kaique de Oliveira Neves won it with a 8.37 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

61 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.