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Paraíso Winter DC 2025

Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro · 16 August 2025 · 13 events · 29 competitors · 55 personal bests

Kaique de Oliveira Neves won four of the 13 events (3×3, 2×2, Clock) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Gabriel Sargeiro Gomes de Mello by 0.71 seconds. 29 competitors produced 55 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Davi Machado Lizarbe took a 4×4 single of 2:56.85 down to 1:10.75, 60 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Kaique de Oliveira Neves — 3×3, 2×2, Clock, Square-1
0.71s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Gabriel Sargeiro Gomes de Mello over Pedro Henrique Tesch
55
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

55 set · 29 still standing

First-timers

Five 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 · 308 results · 13 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. Kaique de Oliveira Neves won it with a 7.99 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.