Competitions · Brazil

Rio Cubolympics 2025

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro · 1 May 2025 · 17 events · 43 competitors · 77 personal bests

Caio Hideaki Sato won eight of the 17 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Pedro Lucas Gonçalves Benedito by 0.01 seconds. 43 competitors produced 77 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Caio Hideaki Sato set the 4×4 single national record: 21.52.

Eight wins

Caio Hideaki Sato — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Megaminx, Pyraminx

0.01s

closest final — 2×2, Pedro Lucas Gonçalves Benedito over Caio Hideaki Sato

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Caio Hideaki Sato	5.38	6.32
2×2	Pedro Lucas Gonçalves Benedito	2.09	2.86
4×4	Caio Hideaki Sato	21.10	27.00
5×5	Caio Hideaki Sato	50.54	52.06
6×6	Lucas Ichiro Yunomae	1:51.14	1:54.80
7×7	Lucas Ichiro Yunomae	2:50.66	2:51.22
3×3 blindfolded	Carlos Augusto Gianesi Seller	1:08.78	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Caio Hideaki Sato	34 moves	35.33
3×3 one-handed	Caio Hideaki Sato	8.37	10.28
Clock	Caio Hideaki Sato	4.53	6.62
Megaminx	Caio Hideaki Sato	37.77	41.25
Pyraminx	Caio Hideaki Sato	2.52	2.99
Skewb	Jonathan Pires Medeiros	2.63	2.81
Square-1	Lucas Ichiro Yunomae	15.86	21.38
4×4 blindfolded	Lucas Ichiro Yunomae	7:55.25	—
5×5 blindfolded	Pedro Henrique Maciel Ceccopieri Belo (陈昊然)	—	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Lucas Ichiro Yunomae	5 of 5 cubes · 19:54	—

The PB harvest

77 set · 26 still standing

Pedro Lucas Gonçalves Benedito — 2×2 single 1.48: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Caio Hideaki Sato — Clock single 4.53: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Jonathan Pires Medeiros — 2×2 single 1.86: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Pedro Henrique Maciel Ceccopieri Belo (陈昊然) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 26 moves: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Pedro Lucas Gonçalves Benedito — 3×3 one-handed single 14.51: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Victor Rampinelli Villar de Medeiros — Pyraminx single 4.15: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Felipe Costa de Oliveira — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:01.12: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Felipe Evangelista Cerqueira de Mello — 2×2 single 2.97: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Three 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

43 competitors · 574 results · 17 events.

Everyone who competed

43 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.