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Competitions · Brazil

Maranhão Open 2014

São Luís, Maranhão · 6 December 2014 · 9 events · 22 competitors · 23 personal bests

José Mecenas Figueira Neto won five of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Gustavo Penaforte Brito by 0.98 seconds. 22 competitors produced 23 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Rafael Werneck Cinoto took a Skewb single of 25.63 down to 10.30, 60 percent better in one day.

Five wins
José Mecenas Figueira Neto — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, Pyraminx, Skewb
0.98s
closest final — 2×2, Gustavo Penaforte Brito over José Mecenas Figueira Neto
23
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3José Mecenas Figueira Neto11.3712.47
2×2Gustavo Penaforte Brito2.163.43
4×4José Mecenas Figueira Neto45.4248.10
5×5José Mecenas Figueira Neto1:50.292:03.32
3×3 Fewest MovesFrancisco Lucas Sousa Vitório39 moves
3×3 one-handedDavi Silva Soares Ferreira23.2425.38
PyraminxJosé Mecenas Figueira Neto5.377.95
SkewbJosé Mecenas Figueira Neto7.639.97
Square-1Francisco Lucas Sousa Vitório18.4825.45

The PB harvest

23 set · 7 still standing

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. 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

22 competitors · 186 results · 9 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. José Mecenas Figueira Neto won it with a 12.47 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

22 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.