Competitions · Portugal

Luso-Bussaco Open 2024

Luso, Aveiro · 12 October 2024 · 11 events · 95 competitors · 181 personal bests

Pedro Azevedo won four of the eleven events (2×2, Megaminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Pedro Azevedo by 0.09 seconds. 95 competitors produced 181 personal bests, 69 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Martim Carvalho set the 2×2 single national record: 1.40.

Four wins

Pedro Azevedo — 2×2, Megaminx, Skewb, 3×3 Multi-Blind

0.09s

closest final — 2×2, Pedro Azevedo over Tiago Morais

181

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Afonso Cláudio Machado	6.79	8.59
2×2	Pedro Azevedo	1.68	2.35
4×4	Tiago Morais	33.90	35.21
5×5	Tiago Morais	53.10	1:02.68
6×6	Tomás Freire	1:58.12	1:59.07
7×7	Tomás Freire	3:04.82	3:12.58
3×3 blindfolded	Tiago Morais	50.57	—
3×3 one-handed	Kobe Lutjeharms	14.45	15.49
Megaminx	Pedro Azevedo	47.29	51.32
Skewb	Pedro Azevedo	3.52	3.83
3×3 Multi-Blind	Pedro Azevedo	8 of 9 cubes · 49:28	—

The PB harvest

181 set · 69 still standing

Afonso Cláudio Machado — 2×2 single 1.71: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Diogo Miguel Alves Guerreiro — 3×3 single 8.86: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Mihey Miroshnichenko — 2×2 single 2.22: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Vasco Valente Monteiro — 3×3 single 9.92: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Nuno Jorge de Noronha — 2×2 single 2.38: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
António Power — 3×3 single 10.18: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Laura Valentim Tomás — 2×2 single 2.42: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Beatriz Seabra Pinho — 2×2 single 2.61: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

95 competitors · 618 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. Afonso Cláudio Machado won it with a 8.59 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

95 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.