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Villa Open 2018

Salvador, Bahia · 21 September 2018 · 12 events · 29 competitors · 61 personal bests

João Pedro dos Santos Costa won five of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by João Vinícius Santos by 0.01 seconds. 29 competitors produced 61 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Camila Souza Dias took a Skewb single of 17.29 down to 6.41, 63 percent better in one day.

Five wins
João Pedro dos Santos Costa — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.01s
closest final — Skewb, João Vinícius Santos over Davi de Andrade Iácono
61
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3João Pedro dos Santos Costa8.6910.90
2×2João Vinícius Santos2.334.11
4×4João Pedro dos Santos Costa31.6538.08
5×5João Pedro dos Santos Costa1:09.731:18.87
6×6João Vinícius Santos2:42.872:58.76
7×7Gabriel Bergue4:41.524:45.97
3×3 one-handedJoão Pedro dos Santos Costa16.8319.59
MegaminxJoão Pedro dos Santos Costa58.941:05.19
PyraminxJoão Vinícius Santos4.135.47
SkewbJoão Vinícius Santos2.464.49
Square-1Bruno Fonsêca Coelho Lima11.8915.01
3×3 with feetGabriel Bergue36.0739.13

The PB harvest

61 set · 20 still standing

First-timers

Seven 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

29 competitors · 217 results · 12 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. João Pedro dos Santos Costa won it with a 10.90 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

29 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.