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Competitions · Brazil

Fortaleza Open 2019

Fortaleza, Ceará · 4 January 2019 · 8 events · 24 competitors · 36 personal bests

Iuri Grangeiro Carvalho won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Raíssa Mendes de Arruda Rodrigues by 0.31 seconds. 24 competitors produced 36 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

João Marcos Rocha Souza took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:59.99 down to 36.97, 69 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Iuri Grangeiro Carvalho — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.31s
closest final — Pyraminx, Raíssa Mendes de Arruda Rodrigues over Davi de Andrade Iácono
36
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Iuri Grangeiro Carvalho7.488.65
2×2Gustavo Penaforte Brito1.662.43
4×4Iuri Grangeiro Carvalho36.1544.60
3×3 blindfoldedGleiciano Cosmo Santos2:44.90
3×3 one-handedIuri Grangeiro Carvalho10.7413.62
MegaminxFrancisco Thales Rocha Sousa53.261:06.63
PyraminxRaíssa Mendes de Arruda Rodrigues6.369.38
SkewbDavi de Andrade Iácono3.113.41

The PB harvest

36 set · 9 still standing

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

24 competitors · 160 results · 8 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. Iuri Grangeiro Carvalho won it with a 8.65 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

24 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.