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Competitions · Portugal

Luso-Bussaco Open 2025

Luso, Aveiro · 4 October 2025 · 13 events · 46 competitors · 93 personal bests

Tiago Morais won seven of the 13 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes by 0.04 seconds. 46 competitors produced 93 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tiago Morais set the 5×5 single national record: 46.76.

Seven wins
Tiago Morais — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, Clock, Square-1, 5×5 blindfolded
0.04s
closest final — 2×2, Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes over Tomás Freire
93
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Tiago Morais8.098.51
2×2Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes2.152.86
4×4Tiago Morais26.2627.54
5×5Tiago Morais46.7652.18
6×6Tomás Freire1:38.941:39.66
7×7Tomás Freire2:31.082:39.84
3×3 blindfoldedTiago Morais50.64
ClockTiago Morais5.297.28
MegaminxPedro Azevedo40.7043.84
SkewbJoão Dinis Santos Martins3.364.40
Square-1Tiago Morais10.0613.67
4×4 blindfoldedDavid Martins11:28.00
5×5 blindfoldedTiago Morais32:46.00

The PB harvest

93 set · 31 still standing

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

46 competitors · 397 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. Tiago Morais won it with a 8.51 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

46 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.