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Competitions · Brazil

SESI Santos 2023

Santos, São Paulo · 13 May 2023 · 5 events · 30 competitors · 19 personal bests

Mario Armando Takahashi Martins Dias won two of the five events (Clock, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Mario Armando Takahashi Martins Dias by 0.30 seconds. 30 competitors produced 19 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Welison da Silva took a Pyraminx single of 1:09.03 down to 20.89, 70 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Mario Armando Takahashi Martins Dias — Clock, Pyraminx
0.30s
closest final — Pyraminx, Mario Armando Takahashi Martins Dias over Caio Hideaki Sato
19
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Caio Hideaki Sato5.496.81
3×3 blindfoldedFrederico Canal Gomes1:34.29
ClockMario Armando Takahashi Martins Dias6.466.78
PyraminxMario Armando Takahashi Martins Dias2.162.92
Square-1Tiago Akihiro Fujita11.9913.57

The PB harvest

19 set · 7 still standing

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

30 competitors · 102 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. Caio Hideaki Sato won it with a 6.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

30 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.