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Itajaí ao Cubo 2025

Itajaí, Santa Catarina · 26 April 2025 · 13 events · 56 competitors · 92 personal bests

Artur Augusto Mendes won three of the 13 events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Artur Augusto Mendes by 0.06 seconds. 56 competitors produced 92 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Gustavo Henrique Arins took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 2:48.26 down to 28.49, 83 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Artur Augusto Mendes — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed
0.06s
closest final — 3×3, Artur Augusto Mendes over Gustavo Henrique Arins
92
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Artur Augusto Mendes7.408.48
2×2Artur Augusto Mendes2.072.47
4×4Christian de Sena Fortunato25.2030.06
5×5Bruno Henrique de Abreu1:05.261:09.30
6×6Bruno Henrique de Abreu2:30.542:36.05
7×7Bruno Henrique de Abreu3:49.514:02.84
3×3 blindfoldedGustavo Henrique Arins28.49
3×3 one-handedArtur Augusto Mendes10.8311.84
ClockMaria Clara Rodrigues Garola Lima5.146.22
MegaminxJenifer Cavalcante44.4353.84
PyraminxJenifer Cavalcante3.154.28
SkewbVitória Silveira Mozzini3.414.90
Square-1Eduardo Simici8.0211.46

The PB harvest

92 set · 26 still standing

First-timers

Six 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

56 competitors · 391 results · 13 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. Artur Augusto Mendes won it with a 8.48 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

56 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.