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Taboão da Serra Open 2024

Taboão da Serra, São Paulo · 24 August 2024 · 9 events · 37 competitors · 50 personal bests

Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo won four of the nine events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Caio Hideaki Sato by 1.54 seconds. 37 competitors produced 50 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo set the 6×6 single continental record: 1:16.68.

Four wins
Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx
1.54s
closest final — 3×3, Caio Hideaki Sato over Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo
50
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Caio Hideaki Sato4.625.59
4×4Caio Hideaki Sato24.4025.76
5×5Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo44.9847.91
6×6Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo1:22.191:27.77
7×7Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo2:25.322:28.87
3×3 blindfoldedThiago Han25.5926.43
3×3 one-handedCaio Hideaki Sato9.199.96
MegaminxFrancisco Moraes Mandalozzo35.9537.74
Square-1Vicenzo Guerino Cecchini5.926.70

The PB harvest

50 set · 15 still standing

First-timers

Three people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

37 competitors · 265 results · 9 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 5.59 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

37 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.