Competitions · Brazil

Planeta.Rio Open 2022

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro · 17 September 2022 · 11 events · 66 competitors · 112 personal bests

Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo won six of the eleven events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Caio Hideaki Sato by 0.23 seconds. 66 competitors produced 112 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Caio Hideaki Sato set the 3×3 single national record: 4.80.

Six wins

Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx, Square-1

0.23s

closest final — Skewb, Caio Hideaki Sato over Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo

112

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Caio Hideaki Sato	4.80	6.68
2×2	Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo	0.78	1.80
4×4	Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo	26.84	29.01
5×5	Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo	46.35	49.71
3×3 blindfolded	Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo	53.58	—
3×3 one-handed	Caio Hideaki Sato	9.92	11.95
Clock	Roberto Caldas	5.79	6.20
Megaminx	Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo	41.63	45.13
Pyraminx	Mario Armando Takahashi Martins Dias	2.51	3.11
Skewb	Caio Hideaki Sato	3.43	3.88
Square-1	Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo	8.78	12.19

The PB harvest

112 set · 23 still standing

Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo — 2×2 single 0.78: into the top 0.21% of the event's history.
Adriano Matoba Lipski — 5×5 single 56.70: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Daniel Schreiber Guimarães — 2×2 single 2.70: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Gustavo Dias Dullens — Square-1 single 15.51: into the top 17.5% of the event's history.
Gustavo Lima de Souza — Pyraminx single 5.68: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.
Pedro Soares Figueiredo — Pyraminx single 6.31: into the top 22.3% of the event's history.
Matheus Bezerra Primo — Pyraminx single 6.48: into the top 23.7% of the event's history.
Luca Silveira Escopelli — 3×3 single 15.60: into the top 26.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

66 competitors · 477 results · 11 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. Caio Hideaki Sato won it with a 6.68 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

66 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.