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Competitions · Brazil

Mato Grande Open 2018

João Câmara, Rio Grande do Norte · 24 February 2018 · 12 events · 34 competitors · 42 personal bests

Gustavo Penaforte Brito won four of the twelve events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Pablo Eduardo Nikolais Teixeira Bonifácio da Silva by 0.09 seconds. 34 competitors produced 42 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jailson Dantas da Silva Junior took a 3×3 single of 45.85 down to 14.28, 69 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Gustavo Penaforte Brito — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 Fewest Moves
0.09s
closest final — Pyraminx, Pablo Eduardo Nikolais Teixeira Bonifácio da Silva over Daniel Gomes da Silva Filho
42
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Iuri Grangeiro Carvalho8.029.52
2×2Gustavo Penaforte Brito1.412.18
4×4Gustavo Penaforte Brito41.2647.42
5×5Gustavo Penaforte Brito1:26.961:34.10
3×3 blindfoldedRoberto Caldas4:08.77
3×3 Fewest MovesGustavo Penaforte Brito30 moves
3×3 one-handedIuri Grangeiro Carvalho10.4811.47
ClockPablo Eduardo Nikolais Teixeira Bonifácio da Silva24.4727.56
MegaminxDaniel Gomes da Silva Filho1:08.031:14.83
PyraminxPablo Eduardo Nikolais Teixeira Bonifácio da Silva4.746.50
SkewbDiogo Rafael Almeida da Silva5.557.03
Square-1Diogo Rafael Almeida da Silva15.4818.56

The PB harvest

42 set · 12 still standing

First-timers

14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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 · 233 results · 12 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. Iuri Grangeiro Carvalho won it with a 9.52 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

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.