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Competitions · Brazil

Mini Recife Open 2025

Recife, Pernambuco · 2 August 2025 · 4 events · 37 competitors · 38 personal bests

Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves won four of the four events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves by 1.48 seconds. 37 competitors produced 38 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Morôni Victor Simões Santos took a Pyraminx single of 15.34 down to 4.79, 69 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx
1.48s
closest final — 2×2, Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves over Celso Reis Vasconcelos Landim
38
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves7.207.55
2×2Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves1.371.62
3×3 one-handedArthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves11.5513.81
PyraminxArthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves2.683.03

The PB harvest

38 set · 30 still standing

First-timers

16 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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

37 competitors · 195 results · 4 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. Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves won it with a 7.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

37 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.