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Mina de Água Warm Up 2026

Mina de Água · 19 September 2026 · 8 events · 49 competitors · 60 personal bests

Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes won two of the eight events (2×2, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes by 0.41 seconds. 49 competitors produced 60 personal bests, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Vasco da Veiga Teixeira took a 4×4 single of 3:34.75 down to 1:16.82, 64 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes — 2×2, Pyraminx
0.41s
closest final — 2×2, Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes over Kiary Roque Russo
60
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Xingyu Zhu (朱星宇)7.848.33
2×2Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes2.082.73
4×4Pedro Azevedo31.5535.76
ClockJosé Maria Morgado Melo Gomes da Costa5.125.68
MegaminxPedro Azevedo34.9739.60
PyraminxGabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes2.463.40
SkewbJoão Dinis Santos Martins3.093.85
Square-1Diogo Miguel Alves Guerreiro8.199.60

The PB harvest

60 set · 60 still standing

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 20,074 people who made their debut in 2026. 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

49 competitors · 278 results · 8 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. Xingyu Zhu (朱星宇) won it with a 8.33 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

49 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.