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Competitions · Brazil

Torneio Mestre Álvaro 2018

Serra, Espírito Santo · 28 July 2018 · 10 events · 33 competitors · 49 personal bests

Vitor Prando Gusmão won four of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Pedro Henrique de Jesus Silva by 0.29 seconds. 33 competitors produced 49 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alberto Vinicius took a 2×2 single of 5.57 down to 2.47, 56 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Vitor Prando Gusmão — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5
0.29s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Pedro Henrique de Jesus Silva over Vitor Prando Gusmão
49
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Vitor Prando Gusmão9.4813.84
2×2Vitor Prando Gusmão2.023.48
4×4Vitor Prando Gusmão47.8149.14
5×5Vitor Prando Gusmão1:40.401:44.33
3×3 blindfoldedRoberto Caldas1:47.262:08.97
3×3 one-handedPedro Henrique de Jesus Silva21.5524.55
MegaminxRonan Felipe Jorge1:11.471:18.46
PyraminxCarlos Gabriel de Azevedo5.677.10
SkewbArthur Gimenes Alvarenga Ferrari4.566.26
Square-1Matheus Borges Ferreira27.3031.52

The PB harvest

49 set · 11 still standing

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. 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 · 162 results · 10 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. Vitor Prando Gusmão won it with a 13.84 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.