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Joinville Open 2024

Joinville, Santa Catarina · 30 March 2024 · 11 events · 40 competitors · 75 personal bests

Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo won nine of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo by 0.24 seconds. 40 competitors produced 75 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo set the 5×5 average continental record: 46.49.

Nine wins
Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Megaminx, Skewb
0.24s
closest final — 4×4, Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo over Christian de Sena Fortunato
75
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo5.887.31
2×2Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo1.672.22
4×4Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo24.9629.22
5×5Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo41.0446.49
6×6Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo1:32.041:33.33
3×3 one-handedFrancisco Moraes Mandalozzo12.1812.43
ClockFrancisco Moraes Mandalozzo4.925.90
MegaminxFrancisco Moraes Mandalozzo34.1136.02
PyraminxSamuel Velho Pereira Meira2.593.16
SkewbFrancisco Moraes Mandalozzo3.284.63
Square-1Samuel Velho Pereira Meira12.0012.80

The PB harvest

75 set · 18 still standing

First-timers

Eleven 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

40 competitors · 293 results · 11 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. Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo won it with a 7.31 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

40 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.