Competitions · Brazil

Faria Brito Open 2016

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro · 21 May 2016 · 11 events · 44 competitors · 46 personal bests

Israel Machado Soares won five of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Igor Butter Leão de Freitas by 0.68 seconds. 44 competitors produced 46 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Gabriel Sargeiro Gomes de Mello set the Megaminx single national record: 56.78.

Five wins

Israel Machado Soares — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed

0.68s

closest final — Skewb, Igor Butter Leão de Freitas over Gabriel Gian Lucio de Andrade

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Israel Machado Soares	9.97	10.46
2×2	Israel Machado Soares	2.97	3.44
4×4	Gabriel Sargeiro Gomes de Mello	55.67	1:02.49
5×5	Gabriel Sargeiro Gomes de Mello	1:27.69	1:41.11
3×3 blindfolded	Israel Machado Soares	1:58.85	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Israel Machado Soares	35 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Israel Machado Soares	16.79	17.76
Megaminx	Gabriel Sargeiro Gomes de Mello	56.78	59.27
Pyraminx	Gabriel Sargeiro Gomes de Mello	7.29	8.90
Skewb	Igor Butter Leão de Freitas	4.39	5.46
Square-1	Augusto Rosa Esteves	24.32	32.35

The PB harvest

46 set · 11 still standing

Jean Novaes — 3×3 single 13.57: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.
Geovani Novaes — 3×3 single 16.52: into the top 29.5% of the event's history.
Igor Butter Leão de Freitas — 3×3 one-handed single 23.47: into the top 30.0% of the event's history.
Igor Butter Leão de Freitas — 4×4 single 59.20: into the top 35.6% of the event's history.
Gustavo Ribeiro Monteiro — 3×3 one-handed single 27.04: into the top 39.5% of the event's history.
Guilherme Morgado Fonseca — 3×3 one-handed single 27.95: into the top 41.8% of the event's history.
Gustavo Ribeiro Monteiro — Skewb single 8.14: into the top 42.4% of the event's history.
Felipe Laufer — 3×3 single 21.17: into the top 43.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

44 competitors · 231 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 10.46 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

44 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.