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Competitions · Brazil

Maranhão Open 2015

São Luís, Maranhão · 7 November 2015 · 10 events · 30 competitors · 40 personal bests

Alrimar Dias Rocha Sobrinho won four of the ten events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Alrimar Dias Rocha Sobrinho by 0.03 seconds. 30 competitors produced 40 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Francisco Lucas Sousa Vitório took a 2×2 single of 9.65 down to 3.75, 61 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Alrimar Dias Rocha Sobrinho — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, Pyraminx
0.03s
closest final — 4×4, Alrimar Dias Rocha Sobrinho over Gustavo Penaforte Brito
40
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Gustavo Penaforte Brito11.6713.11
2×2Alrimar Dias Rocha Sobrinho3.423.87
4×4Alrimar Dias Rocha Sobrinho51.1354.24
5×5Alrimar Dias Rocha Sobrinho1:37.501:48.41
3×3 blindfoldedRafael Werneck Cinoto3:25.78
3×3 one-handedGustavo Penaforte Brito22.7324.33
MegaminxFabio Bini Graciose2:35.982:41.37
PyraminxAlrimar Dias Rocha Sobrinho4.315.46
SkewbEduardo Costa de Carvalho8.3810.30
Square-1Francisco Lucas Sousa Vitório13.5719.93

The PB harvest

40 set · 13 still standing

First-timers

Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. 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

30 competitors · 228 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. Gustavo Penaforte Brito won it with a 13.11 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

30 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.