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Competitions · Brazil

Shopping Parque da Cidade 2026

São Paulo, São Paulo · 11 April 2026 · 5 events · 50 competitors · 35 personal bests

Caio Hideaki Sato won three of the five events (3×3, 4×4, Clock) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Tiago Akihiro Fujita by 0.23 seconds. 50 competitors produced 35 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Benjamin Ramos Machado took a Clock single of 47.34 down to 23.22, 51 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Caio Hideaki Sato — 3×3, 4×4, Clock
0.23s
closest final — 2×2, Tiago Akihiro Fujita over Caio Hideaki Sato
35
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Caio Hideaki Sato5.316.88
2×2Tiago Akihiro Fujita1.551.85
4×4Caio Hideaki Sato24.0527.67
ClockCaio Hideaki Sato5.786.25
SkewbEduardo Ribeiro Strauch2.363.22

The PB harvest

35 set · 22 still standing

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. 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

50 competitors · 212 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 6.88 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

50 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.