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Competitions · Brazil

IV Recife Open 2024

Recife, Pernambuco · 13 April 2024 · 7 events · 44 competitors · 56 personal bests

Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves won six of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves by 1.69 seconds. 44 competitors produced 56 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Adônis Rodrigues de Melo took a Pyraminx single of 21.97 down to 6.73, 69 percent better in one day.

Six wins
Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Square-1
1.69s
closest final — 2×2, Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves over Davi Dionízio da Silva
56
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

56 set · 21 still standing

First-timers

21 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

44 competitors · 245 results · 7 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 8.07 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

44 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.