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Fortaleza Open 2015

Fortaleza, Ceará · 21 November 2015 · 12 events · 47 competitors · 57 personal bests

Gustavo Penaforte Brito won four of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by João Guilherme Barejan Maiale by 0.25 seconds. 47 competitors produced 57 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Fábio Henrique Soares Souza took a 2×2 single of 11.17 down to 5.80, 48 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Gustavo Penaforte Brito — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5
0.25s
closest final — Pyraminx, João Guilherme Barejan Maiale over Marcos Vinícius Vieira Takahashi da Silva
57
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Gustavo Penaforte Brito10.4711.77
2×2Gustavo Penaforte Brito3.183.66
4×4Gustavo Penaforte Brito48.0751.08
5×5Gustavo Penaforte Brito1:37.191:44.82
3×3 blindfoldedRafael Werneck Cinoto3:29.27
3×3 Fewest MovesFrancisco Thales Rocha Sousa38 moves
3×3 one-handedWendel Rocha de Oliveira18.5621.70
MegaminxFrancisco Thales Rocha Sousa1:12.551:23.74
PyraminxJoão Guilherme Barejan Maiale3.145.29
SkewbMarcos Vinícius Vieira Takahashi da Silva6.547.30
Square-1Francisco Lucas Sousa Vitório16.3817.53
3×3 with feetRafael Werneck Cinoto41.2544.43

The PB harvest

57 set · 29 still standing

First-timers

15 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

47 competitors · 302 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. Gustavo Penaforte Brito won it with a 11.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

47 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.