Competitions · Brazil

VI Recife Open 2025

Recife, Pernambuco · 25 January 2025 · 10 events · 45 competitors · 87 personal bests

Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves won eight of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Marcela Luna de Albuquerque by 0.26 seconds. 45 competitors produced 87 personal bests, 47 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves set the Pyraminx single national record: 1.25.

Eight wins

Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Skewb, Square-1

0.26s

closest final — Pyraminx, Marcela Luna de Albuquerque over Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves	5.99	7.81
2×2	Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves	1.15	1.63
4×4	Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves	31.12	31.71
5×5	Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves	1:07.88	1:21.77
3×3 blindfolded	Celso Reis Vasconcelos Landim	40.57	—
3×3 one-handed	Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves	11.90	13.63
Megaminx	Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves	53.71	57.81
Pyraminx	Marcela Luna de Albuquerque	1.52	2.74
Skewb	Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves	3.94	4.25
Square-1	Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves	8.79	10.34

The PB harvest

87 set · 47 still standing

Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves — Pyraminx single 1.25: into the top 0.18% of the event's history.
Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves — 3×3 one-handed single 9.69: into the top 0.85% of the event's history.
Lucca Renè Gomes do Amaral — 3×3 single 7.53: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
João Victor Grangeiro Costa — 3×3 one-handed single 15.04: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Arthur Pontes Ferreira — 3×3 single 10.31: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Ana Karoliny Ramalho de Melo — Pyraminx single 4.22: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Davi Dionízio da Silva — 3×3 one-handed single 16.06: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
Davi Dionízio da Silva — Pyraminx single 4.70: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

45 competitors · 305 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. Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves won it with a 7.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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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.