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Competitions · Brazil

Manaus Cubo Plaza Open 2019

Manaus, Amazonas · 16 March 2019 · 10 events · 23 competitors · 27 personal bests

Renan Gonçalves Melo won four of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Renan Gonçalves Melo by 0.60 seconds. 23 competitors produced 27 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Marilia Gabriela Pinto Ramos took a 2×2 single of 9.06 down to 3.13, 65 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Renan Gonçalves Melo — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.60s
closest final — 2×2, Renan Gonçalves Melo over Samuel Omena Simões
27
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Renan Gonçalves Melo9.6011.61
2×2Renan Gonçalves Melo2.523.99
4×4Renan Gonçalves Melo59.181:07.36
3×3 blindfoldedMatheus Peres Albuquerque3:24.96
3×3 one-handedRenan Gonçalves Melo16.7720.18
MegaminxGabriel Silva dos Santos1:56.932:16.61
PyraminxKenny Breno Moraes Castelo7.0310.21
SkewbGabriel Silva dos Santos3.605.29
Square-1Miguel Enzo Moraes de Brito30.6938.16
3×3 with feetMiguel Enzo Moraes de Brito1:59.842:34.99

The PB harvest

27 set · 13 still standing

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

23 competitors · 114 results · 10 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. Renan Gonçalves Melo won it with a 11.61 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

23 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.