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Competitions · Brazil

Paço Alfândega Recife 2018

Recife, Pernambuco · 27 January 2018 · 10 events · 47 competitors · 51 personal bests

Iuri Grangeiro Carvalho won three of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Diogo Rafael Almeida da Silva by 0.36 seconds. 47 competitors produced 51 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ruben Félix da Silva took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:08.78 down to 26.61, 61 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Iuri Grangeiro Carvalho — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed
0.36s
closest final — Skewb, Diogo Rafael Almeida da Silva over Jefferson Nunes Brito de Oliveira
51
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Iuri Grangeiro Carvalho8.409.38
2×2Iuri Grangeiro Carvalho2.733.38
4×4Gabriel Cesar Da Silva Bezerra43.2546.61
5×5Victor Medeiros Rebouças1:24.651:36.04
3×3 blindfoldedRafael de Andrade Cinoto6:43.72
3×3 one-handedIuri Grangeiro Carvalho9.6813.39
MegaminxThalison Roberto Ferreira de Sousa1:13.481:19.23
PyraminxJefferson Nunes Brito de Oliveira6.227.87
SkewbDiogo Rafael Almeida da Silva5.386.94
Square-1Diogo Rafael Almeida da Silva19.8722.37

The PB harvest

51 set · 18 still standing

First-timers

29 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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

47 competitors · 271 results · 10 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. Iuri Grangeiro Carvalho won it with a 9.38 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

47 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.