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Viradão do Cubo em Araruama 2024

Araruama, Rio de Janeiro · 28 December 2024 · 9 events · 20 competitors · 22 personal bests

Kaique de Oliveira Neves won five of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Eduardo Ribeiro Strauch by 0.05 seconds. 20 competitors produced 22 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Henrique Bartolo Sad took a 2×2 single of 18.83 down to 7.34, 61 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Kaique de Oliveira Neves — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Clock, Square-1
0.05s
closest final — Skewb, Eduardo Ribeiro Strauch over Mariana Castro
22
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

The PB harvest

22 set · 5 still standing

First-timers

Two 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

20 competitors · 158 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. Kaique de Oliveira Neves won it with a 9.65 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

20 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.