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I Torneio de Cubo do Praia 2018

Vila Velha, Espírito Santo · 26 May 2018 · 9 events · 36 competitors · 32 personal bests

Samuel Asafe Ludugel Fagundes won five of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Carlos Gabriel de Azevedo by 0.42 seconds. 36 competitors produced 32 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yuri de Oliveira took a 3×3 one-handed single of 53.28 down to 22.44, 58 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Samuel Asafe Ludugel Fagundes — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.42s
closest final — Pyraminx, Carlos Gabriel de Azevedo over Samuel Asafe Ludugel Fagundes
32
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Samuel Asafe Ludugel Fagundes9.2211.27
2×2Samuel Asafe Ludugel Fagundes3.243.90
4×4Samuel Asafe Ludugel Fagundes40.2143.08
5×5Samuel Asafe Ludugel Fagundes1:19.561:29.80
3×3 one-handedSamuel Asafe Ludugel Fagundes19.2523.09
MegaminxRonan Felipe Jorge1:12.441:17.51
PyraminxCarlos Gabriel de Azevedo5.776.49
SkewbArthur Gimenes Alvarenga Ferrari5.676.86
Square-1Fabio Bini Graciose27.7432.41

The PB harvest

32 set · 6 still standing

First-timers

18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

36 competitors · 176 results · 9 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. Samuel Asafe Ludugel Fagundes won it with a 11.27 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

36 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.