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Afonso Cláudio Machado

3×3 · top 0.25% of 288,433 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 288,433 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 16 competitions since September 2022, he has put 790 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 36,406 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 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.25% of 288,433 all-time
5.51
signature single · Azeméis Open 2025
790
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPortugal
3×35.517.47
top 0.25%1 / 565
2×21.712.76
top 3.2%22 / 429
4×431.2935.89
top 3.7%9 / 228
3×3 one-handed14.0317.06
top 6.2%8 / 162
Megaminx56.461:02.23
top 8.2%5 / 115
Pyraminx5.397.57
top 15.7%56 / 269
5×51:32.211:45.26
top 29.2%27 / 112
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves42.00
top 44.8%20 / 38
3×3 blindfolded2:37.71—
top 45.8%20 / 40
Clock25.7827.83
top 78.1%109 / 132
6×65:01.31—
early days — 3 solves38 / 43
Square-11:25.76—
early days — 2 solves90 / 98
7×79:18.29—
early days — 1 solve40 / 42

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

Bilbao Open 2022: 8.94Lisboa Open 2023: 5.67Azeméis Open 2023: 7.95Seomara Cube Fest 2024: 7.55Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 7.87Portugal Championship 2024: 8.25Luso-Bussaco Open 2024: 6.79Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024: 6.50Seomara Cube Fest 2025: 6.68CCM Baltar Open 2025: 7.43Azeméis Open 2025: 5.51Portugal Championship 2025: 7.44Lugo Open 2026: 7.46Felgueiras ao Cubo 2026: 7.14Azeméis Open 2026: 6.76Portugal Championship 2026: 7.435.518.943 Sep 20229 Oct 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-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.