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António Dias

2×2 · top 9.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008DIAS01

António Dias has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.51, set at Coimbra Open 2014, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 41st in Portugal. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2008, he has put 424 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.75 in November 2008 to 11.84, a 54% improvement. He has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.51
signature single · Coimbra Open 2014
424
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPortugal
2×22.513.65
top 9.0%41 / 417
3×311.8415.80
top 13.3%78 / 547
Skewb5.1915.51
top 19.6%40 / 175
Pyraminx6.1410.03
top 21.0%74 / 262
4×455.931:02.86
top 31.9%69 / 223
3×3 one-handed30.7539.31
top 48.4%73 / 161
5×52:02.182:21.02
top 50.6%52 / 110
Square-137.4754.89
top 62.0%58 / 96
Megaminx2:41.332:53.80
top 66.5%76 / 111
6×64:23.974:56.53
top 72.9%30 / 40
7×77:21.857:37.06
top 83.4%29 / 38
Clock31.40
early days — 2 solves107 / 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

Portugal Open 2008: 25.75Portugal Open 2009: 16.19Portugal Open 2014: 12.78Coimbra Open 2014: 13.78Campeonato de Portugal 2015: 14.56CLIP Open 2016: 13.89Lisboa Open 2016: 12.94CLIP Open 2018: 11.84CLIP Open 2019: 16.06Rodo Open 2019: 15.5611.8425.7529 Nov 200818 May 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.