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Golden Square Shopping 2025

São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo · 18 January 2025 · 5 events · 70 competitors · 61 personal bests

Caio Hideaki Sato won three of the five events (3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Eduardo Ribeiro Strauch by 0.11 seconds. 70 competitors produced 61 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Igor de Azevedo Xavier took a 3×3 single of 36.03 down to 16.83, 53 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Caio Hideaki Sato — 3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx
0.11s
closest final — Skewb, Eduardo Ribeiro Strauch over Caio Hideaki Sato
61
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Caio Hideaki Sato6.286.62
2×2Caio Hideaki Sato1.452.08
ClockPedro Lima Fernandes4.475.08
PyraminxCaio Hideaki Sato2.163.09
SkewbEduardo Ribeiro Strauch2.894.41

The PB harvest

61 set · 23 still standing

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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

70 competitors · 288 results · 5 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. Caio Hideaki Sato won it with a 6.62 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.