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Lisboa Open 2016

Lisbon · 23 July 2016 · 13 events · 38 competitors · 47 personal bests

Afonso Carapeto won three of the 13 events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Afonso Carapeto by 0.14 seconds. 38 competitors produced 47 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Vasco Vasconcelos set the 6×6 single national record: 2:33.87.

Three wins
Afonso Carapeto — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed
0.14s
closest final — 2×2, Afonso Carapeto over Pablo Aguilar Dominguez
47
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Afonso Carapeto8.979.45
2×2Afonso Carapeto3.353.82
4×4Alberto Pérez de Rada Fiol42.2944.93
5×5Oscar Roth Andersen1:14.791:23.98
6×6Vasco Vasconcelos2:33.872:38.27
7×7Alberto Pérez de Rada Fiol3:47.313:58.19
3×3 blindfoldedDidier Batista Ferreira50.191:23.30
3×3 one-handedAfonso Carapeto15.5217.84
MegaminxOscar Roth Andersen48.3049.40
PyraminxAlberto Pérez de Rada Fiol5.936.66
SkewbOscar Roth Andersen4.816.76
4×4 blindfoldedJesús Lindo García21:51.00
3×3 Multi-BlindDidier Batista Ferreira7 of 10 cubes · 50:02

The PB harvest

47 set · 9 still standing
  • Didier Batista Ferreira — 3×3 blindfolded single 50.19: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
  • Nuno Freitas — 3×3 single 11.19: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
  • António Gomes — Pyraminx single 4.66: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
  • Luís Nascimento — 3×3 single 12.59: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.
  • Filipe Amaral — 3×3 single 14.89: into the top 24.1% of the event's history.
  • Alexandre Carapeto — 3×3 single 19.58: into the top 38.7% of the event's history.
  • Didier Batista Ferreira — 3×3 one-handed single 31.16: into the top 49.2% of the event's history.
  • Filipe Amaral — 4×4 single 1:40.94: into the top 71.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

12 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

38 competitors · 259 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. Afonso Carapeto won it with a 9.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

38 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.