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Faria Brito Open 2014

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro · 15 March 2014 · 11 events · 58 competitors · 44 personal bests

Israel Machado Soares won three of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Samuel Antônio Araújo de Jesus by 0.36 seconds. 58 competitors produced 44 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 34 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Pape Amady Niang set the 3×3 single national record: 1:13.16.

Three wins
Israel Machado Soares — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed
0.36s
closest final — Pyraminx, Samuel Antônio Araújo de Jesus over Tiago Oliveira Vidal
44
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Israel Machado Soares10.2014.02
2×2Israel Machado Soares2.623.68
4×4Tiago Oliveira Vidal53.0858.96
5×5Victor Sinan Seixo de Brito Gomes1:53.602:02.08
3×3 blindfoldedWillian Fidêncio1:12.671:22.35
3×3 Fewest MovesDiego Meneghetti35 moves
3×3 one-handedIsrael Machado Soares19.2420.84
MegaminxWillian Fidêncio1:53.072:08.25
PyraminxSamuel Antônio Araújo de Jesus4.445.05
SkewbJoão Pedro Batista Ribeiro Costa9.8010.62
3×3 with feetGabriel Pereira Campanha30.6134.94

The PB harvest

44 set · 16 still standing

First-timers

34 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

58 competitors · 326 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. Israel Machado Soares won it with a 14.02 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

58 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.