Competitions · Brazil

II Mini Recife Open 2026

Recife, Pernambuco · 12 September 2026 · 5 events · 43 competitors · 42 personal bests

Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves won two of the five events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Gabriel J. Moura by 0.69 seconds. 43 competitors produced 42 personal bests, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Tacio Anthony Vilela da Silva Souza took a 2×2 single of 4.35 down to 1.50, 66 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves — 3×3, 2×2

0.69s

closest final — Clock, Gabriel J. Moura over Davi Dionízio da Silva

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves	5.82	7.38
2×2	Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves	1.50	2.11
3×3 one-handed	Celso Reis Vasconcelos Landim	13.32	15.26
Clock	Gabriel J. Moura	6.64	8.20
Pyraminx	Isaac Luiz Oliveira Duarte Barbosa	2.91	6.25

The PB harvest

42 set · 42 still standing

Celso Reis Vasconcelos Landim — 2×2 single 0.93: into the top 0.43% of the event's history.
Lucca da Silveira Dutra — 2×2 single 1.34: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Davi Dionízio da Silva — 3×3 single 7.22: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Isaac Luiz Oliveira Duarte Barbosa — 2×2 single 1.50: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Tacio Anthony Vilela da Silva Souza — 2×2 single 1.50: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Celso Reis Vasconcelos Landim — 3×3 single 7.74: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Morôni Victor Simões Santos — 3×3 single 7.89: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Johnny William de Oliveira — 3×3 single 8.27: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 20,074 people who made their debut in 2026. 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

43 competitors · 211 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. Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves won it with a 7.38 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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Race this final

Everyone who competed

43 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.