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Taipas Open 2022

São Paulo, São Paulo · 27 November 2022 · 4 events · 68 competitors · 57 personal bests

Caio Hideaki Sato won three of the four events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Frederico Canal Gomes by 0.22 seconds. 68 competitors produced 57 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Caio Hideaki Sato set the 3×3 average continental record: 6.37.

Three wins
Caio Hideaki Sato — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.22s
closest final — 2×2, Frederico Canal Gomes over Caique Crispim de Lima
57
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Caio Hideaki Sato5.898.36
2×2Frederico Canal Gomes1.201.78
4×4Caio Hideaki Sato27.2028.80
3×3 one-handedCaio Hideaki Sato10.0910.52

The PB harvest

57 set · 24 still standing

First-timers

Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

68 competitors · 247 results · 4 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 8.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

68 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.