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Afonso Carapeto

3×3 · top 0.55% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015CARA03

Afonso Carapeto has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.11, set at Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024, puts him in the top 0.55% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Portugal. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since July 2015, he has put 1,042 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.57 in July 2015 to 6.11, a 42% improvement. Afonso has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.55% of 284,439 all-time
6.11
signature single · Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024
1,042
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPortugal
3×36.118.44
top 0.55%3 / 547
2×21.472.84
top 2.0%11 / 417
4×429.3935.74
top 2.5%4 / 223
3×3 one-handed12.6816.16
top 3.9%4 / 161
Megaminx52.8955.60
top 6.4%3 / 111
Pyraminx4.036.45
top 7.8%18 / 262
Skewb3.695.08
top 8.9%16 / 175
5×51:08.871:16.47
top 10.8%9 / 110
6×62:28.692:39.10
top 25.0%8 / 40
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves—
early days — 1 solve12 / 35
Square-123.8827.85
top 36.6%38 / 96
7×74:18.124:39.10
top 37.0%12 / 38
3×3 blindfolded2:32.843:50.51
top 44.2%18 / 40
Clock24.6437.78
top 76.1%98 / 122

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Campeonato de Portugal 2015: 10.57CLIP Open 2016: 9.62Lisboa Open 2016: 8.97CVDB Open 2016: 8.92Explorarubik 2017: 7.71CLIP Open 2018: 9.21Lisboa Open 2018: 7.78CLIP Open 2019: 8.44Lisboa Open 2023: 8.06Azeméis Open 2023: 7.63Seomara Cube Fest 2024: 6.82Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024: 6.11Arraiolos Open 2025: 7.66Portugal Championship 2025: 7.21Arroios Winter 2026: 7.31Twists & Turns SFRAA 2026: 7.87Seomara Cube Fest 2026: 8.06Mina de Água NxN 2026: 7.366.1110.5711 Jul 201530 May 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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 DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.