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Competitions · Brazil

Niterói Open 2025

Niterói, Rio de Janeiro · 14 June 2025 · 9 events · 29 competitors · 37 personal bests

Kaique de Oliveira Neves won five of the nine events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Clock) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Kaique de Oliveira Neves by 0.21 seconds. 29 competitors produced 37 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Gabriel Lima da Silva took a 2×2 single of 6.71 down to 2.71, 60 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Kaique de Oliveira Neves — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Pyraminx, Square-1
0.21s
closest final — Pyraminx, Kaique de Oliveira Neves over Emanuel Victor Araújo dos Santos
37
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Victor Rampinelli Villar de Medeiros8.058.76
2×2Kaique de Oliveira Neves1.312.22
4×4Gustavo Dias Dullens32.3534.99
3×3 one-handedKaique de Oliveira Neves15.4217.72
ClockKaique de Oliveira Neves4.144.61
MegaminxSofia Pirovani Alexandre53.6555.95
PyraminxKaique de Oliveira Neves3.604.06
SkewbMariana Castro3.444.53
Square-1Kaique de Oliveira Neves12.8216.64

The PB harvest

37 set · 16 still standing

First-timers

Two 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

29 competitors · 243 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. Victor Rampinelli Villar de Medeiros won it with a 8.76 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

29 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.