Competitions · Brazil

Manaus Plaza Open 2020

Manaus, Amazonas · 14 March 2020 · 11 events · 34 competitors · 31 personal bests

Renan Gonçalves Melo won three of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Miguel Enzo Moraes de Brito by 0.07 seconds. 34 competitors produced 31 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Bruno Dias de Vasconcelos took a 4×4 single of 1:26.80 down to 59.95, 31 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Renan Gonçalves Melo — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4

0.07s

closest final — Square-1, Miguel Enzo Moraes de Brito over Gabriel Otávio Barreto da Silva

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Renan Gonçalves Melo	9.98	11.11
2×2	Renan Gonçalves Melo	3.81	4.46
4×4	Renan Gonçalves Melo	50.31	59.84
5×5	Laura Nunes Belém	3:17.41	3:44.65
3×3 blindfolded	Matheus Peres Albuquerque	3:07.64	—
3×3 one-handed	Eduardo Gabriel Silva Bezerra	15.31	17.86
Megaminx	Gabriel Silva dos Santos	2:00.47	2:13.40
Pyraminx	Gabriel Silva dos Santos	8.84	9.74
Skewb	Gabriel Silva dos Santos	7.82	9.70
Square-1	Miguel Enzo Moraes de Brito	31.84	43.31
3×3 Multi-Blind	Yuri Olivan Barbosa de Oliveira	2 of 2 cubes · 9:44	—

The PB harvest

31 set · 14 still standing

Renan Gonçalves Melo — 3×3 one-handed single 11.78: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
João Victor Moraes de Oliveira — 3×3 single 16.55: into the top 29.6% of the event's history.
Leonardo Rodrigues Pessoa — 3×3 single 17.47: into the top 32.5% of the event's history.
João Victor Moraes de Oliveira — 2×2 single 4.47: into the top 32.5% of the event's history.
Bruno Dias de Vasconcelos — 4×4 single 59.95: into the top 36.4% of the event's history.
Luís Guilherme Fernandes — 3×3 single 19.84: into the top 39.5% of the event's history.
Samuel Omena Simões — Pyraminx single 8.66: into the top 41.9% of the event's history.
Carlos Eduardo Andretta — 3×3 single 22.25: into the top 46.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. 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

34 competitors · 157 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. Renan Gonçalves Melo won it with a 11.11 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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Race this final

Everyone who competed

34 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.