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IFAM Open 2019

Manaus, Amazonas · 14 December 2019 · 10 events · 24 competitors · 25 personal bests

Renan Gonçalves Melo won four of the ten events (2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Matheus Peres Albuquerque by 0.41 seconds. 24 competitors produced 25 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Laura Nunes Belém took a 2×2 single of 11.30 down to 6.08, 46 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Renan Gonçalves Melo — 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx
0.41s
closest final — 3×3, Matheus Peres Albuquerque over Renan Gonçalves Melo
25
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Matheus Peres Albuquerque11.5812.91
2×2Renan Gonçalves Melo3.274.12
4×4Renan Gonçalves Melo45.791:02.80
5×5Marilia Gabriela Pinto Ramos3:24.98
3×3 blindfoldedEduardo Gabriel Silva Bezerra3:11.00
3×3 one-handedRenan Gonçalves Melo14.1916.50
MegaminxMarilia Gabriela Pinto Ramos2:04.482:12.44
PyraminxRenan Gonçalves Melo6.6610.83
SkewbGabriel Silva dos Santos4.225.36
Square-1Gabriel Silva dos Santos30.6739.18

The PB harvest

25 set · 7 still standing

First-timers

Twelve 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 · 107 results · 10 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. Matheus Peres Albuquerque won it with a 12.91 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.