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Competitions · Brazil

V Recife Open 2024

Recife, Pernambuco · 28 September 2024 · 10 events · 37 competitors · 66 personal bests

Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves won eight of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves by 0.03 seconds. 37 competitors produced 66 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Eldon Souza Rodrigues da Silva took a 3×3 single of 28.17 down to 10.99, 61 percent better in one day.

Eight wins
Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Square-1
0.03s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves over Celso Reis Vasconcelos Landim
66
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves6.588.48
2×2Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves1.432.19
4×4Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves33.6236.47
5×5Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves1:14.991:23.98
3×3 blindfoldedJoão Victor Grangeiro Costa2:15.74
3×3 one-handedArthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves14.6917.29
MegaminxArthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves53.2858.34
PyraminxArthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves3.054.14
SkewbDavi Dionízio da Silva3.666.25
Square-1Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves9.9813.01

The PB harvest

66 set · 28 still standing

First-timers

Eight 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

37 competitors · 256 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 8.48 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

37 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.