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Lisboa Open 2018

Lisboa · 28 April 2018 · 14 events · 39 competitors · 60 personal bests

Afonso Carapeto won four of the 14 events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Didier Batista Ferreira by 0.16 seconds. 39 competitors produced 60 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Afonso Carapeto set the 4×4 single national record: 36.57.

Four wins
Afonso Carapeto — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.16s
closest final — 2×2, Didier Batista Ferreira over Afonso Carapeto
60
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Afonso Carapeto7.788.87
2×2Didier Batista Ferreira3.014.07
4×4Afonso Carapeto36.5745.95
5×5James Molloy1:09.991:17.24
6×6Vasco Vasconcelos2:21.932:33.33
7×7Vasco Vasconcelos3:28.963:37.21
3×3 blindfoldedDidier Batista Ferreira1:26.94
3×3 one-handedAfonso Carapeto15.4116.16
ClockSam Spendla5.848.07
MegaminxAfonso Carapeto54.971:02.47
SkewbJames Molloy3.385.66
Square-1James Molloy16.4117.52
4×4 blindfoldedAntónio Gomes
5×5 blindfoldedJames Molloy22:05.00

The PB harvest

60 set · 21 still standing

First-timers

13 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

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

39 competitors · 232 results · 14 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 8.87 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

39 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.