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UNIVR Open 2023

Registro, São Paulo · 21 January 2023 · 13 events · 45 competitors · 103 personal bests

Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo won five of the 13 events (4×4, 5×5, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Vicenzo Guerino Cecchini by 0.10 seconds. 45 competitors produced 103 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Caio Hideaki Sato set the 3×3 average continental record: 6.24.

Five wins
Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo — 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.10s
closest final — 2×2, Vicenzo Guerino Cecchini over Caique Crispim de Lima
103
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Caio Hideaki Sato5.566.24
2×2Vicenzo Guerino Cecchini1.601.90
4×4Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo27.8429.32
5×5Francisco Moraes Mandalozzo45.8250.45
3×3 blindfoldedMarcos Ferreira Semolini27.16
3×3 Fewest MovesAdriano Matoba Lipski31 moves
ClockRoberto Caldas5.426.97
MegaminxFrancisco Moraes Mandalozzo34.2239.77
PyraminxAna Beatriz M. Tannenbaum2.372.66
Square-1Vicenzo Guerino Cecchini5.065.92
4×4 blindfoldedMarcos Ferreira Semolini2:59.843:11.86
5×5 blindfoldedFrancisco Moraes Mandalozzo19:53.0023:12.00
3×3 Multi-BlindFrancisco Moraes Mandalozzo14 of 18 cubes · 58:57

The PB harvest

103 set · 15 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

45 competitors · 422 results · 13 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 6.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

45 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.