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Rodo Open 2019

Peso da Régua · 18 May 2019 · 5 events · 33 competitors · 32 personal bests

Didier Batista Ferreira won three of the five events (2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Tiago Oliveira by 0.31 seconds. 33 competitors produced 32 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Xiang Guo took a Pyraminx single of 9.89 down to 4.98, 50 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Didier Batista Ferreira — 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, Pyraminx
0.31s
closest final — 3×3, Tiago Oliveira over Vasco Vasconcelos
32
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Tiago Oliveira9.9811.45
2×2Didier Batista Ferreira3.204.14
4×4Tiago Oliveira43.1247.71
3×3 blindfoldedDidier Batista Ferreira1:40.62
PyraminxDidier Batista Ferreira5.796.75

The PB harvest

32 set · 13 still standing
  • Diogo Mota — 3×3 single 11.52: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
  • Xiang Guo — Pyraminx single 4.98: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
  • Diogo Silva — 2×2 single 3.46: into the top 19.7% of the event's history.
  • Diogo Mota — 4×4 single 46.84: into the top 20.6% of the event's history.
  • Diogo Silva — 3×3 single 16.08: into the top 28.0% of the event's history.
  • Radjon Haque — 3×3 single 16.99: into the top 31.0% of the event's history.
  • Ricardo Tinoco — 4×4 single 1:05.40: into the top 42.2% of the event's history.
  • José Miguel Freitas Teixeira — 3×3 single 23.45: into the top 49.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

33 competitors · 137 results · 5 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. Tiago Oliveira won it with a 11.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

33 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.