People · Portugal
Afonso Cláudio Machado
3×3 · top 0.25% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022MACH15
Afonso Cláudio Machado has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.51, set at Azeméis Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.25% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Portugal. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since September 2022, he has put 716 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.94 in September 2022 to 5.51, a 38% improvement. Afonso has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 5.51 | 7.47 | top 0.25% | 1 / 547 | |
| 2×2 | 1.71 | 2.76 | top 3.1% | 17 / 417 | |
| 4×4 | 31.29 | 36.85 | top 3.7% | 9 / 223 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.23 | 17.06 | top 6.6% | 8 / 161 | |
| Megaminx | 56.46 | 1:02.23 | top 8.1% | 5 / 111 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.39 | 7.57 | top 15.7% | 54 / 262 | |
| 5×5 | 1:32.21 | 1:45.26 | top 29.1% | 26 / 110 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | 42.00 | top 44.7% | 19 / 35 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:37.71 | — | top 45.7% | 19 / 40 | |
| Clock | 25.78 | 27.83 | top 78.1% | 100 / 122 | |
| 6×6 | 5:01.31 | — | early days — 3 solves | 35 / 40 | |
| Square-1 | 1:25.76 | — | early days — 2 solves | 88 / 96 | |
| 7×7 | 9:18.29 | — | early days — 1 solve | 36 / 38 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at Portugal Championship 2025.
- 23 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Azeméis Open 2025.
- 30 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Portugal Championship 2024.
- 24 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Seomara Cube Fest 2024.
- 2 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Azeméis Open 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023Four personal bests in one day at Lisboa Open 2023.
Competitions
- Azeméis Open 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Felgueiras ao Cubo 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Lugo Open 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Portugal Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Azeméis Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- CCM Baltar Open 2025 · 12 Jul 2025
- Seomara Cube Fest 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Luso-Bussaco Open 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Portugal Championship 2024 · 30 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Seomara Cube Fest 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Azeméis Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Lisboa Open 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Bilbao Open 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Pedro Azevedo — met in 142 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
- Tiago Morais — met in 121 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Luís Pedro Gomes Costa — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 47 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.