Competitions · Brazil

Faria Brito Open 2015

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro · 28 February 2015 · 12 events · 60 competitors · 41 personal bests

Pedro Roque won five of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Bruno Galati Paladino Cricelli by 0.03 seconds. 60 competitors produced 41 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Pape Amady Niang set the 3×3 single national record: 33.04.

Five wins

Pedro Roque — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.03s

closest final — Pyraminx, Bruno Galati Paladino Cricelli over Gabriel Pereira Campanha

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Pedro Roque	8.16	9.10
2×2	Pedro Roque	3.09	3.74
4×4	Pedro Roque	33.41	37.68
5×5	Pedro Roque	1:01.90	1:09.87
3×3 blindfolded	Matheus Barbosa de Miranda	2:20.85	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Rafael Werneck Cinoto	33 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Pedro Roque	15.03	17.55
Megaminx	Gabriel Sargeiro Gomes de Mello	1:08.12	1:12.08
Pyraminx	Bruno Galati Paladino Cricelli	5.48	7.27
Skewb	Bruno Galati Paladino Cricelli	5.56	7.12
Square-1	Rafael Werneck Cinoto	33.76	39.67
3×3 with feet	Gabriel Pereira Campanha	30.55	33.03

The PB harvest

41 set · 13 still standing

Gabriel Manteiga Balbino — 3×3 single 10.40: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Luis Miguel de Paula Branco — 3×3 single 11.25: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Gustavo Ribeiro Monteiro — 3×3 single 16.03: into the top 27.9% of the event's history.
Luis Miguel de Paula Branco — 2×2 single 4.48: into the top 32.7% of the event's history.
Ricardo Varela da Rocha — 3×3 single 18.13: into the top 34.5% of the event's history.
Luis Miguel de Paula Branco — 3×3 one-handed single 27.22: into the top 39.9% of the event's history.
Miguel Geoffroy Buchaul — 3×3 single 20.81: into the top 42.2% of the event's history.
Miguel Geoffroy Buchaul — 2×2 single 6.73: into the top 58.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

60 competitors · 270 results · 12 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. Pedro Roque won it with a 9.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

60 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.