People · Brazil
Antonio Espellet Soares
3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024SOAR03
Antonio Espellet Soares has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.50, set at Gurizão em Osório 2026, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 165th in Brazil. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2024, he has put 599 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.40 in April 2024 to 8.50, a 25% improvement. Antonio has entered 14 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 | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.50 | 10.65 | top 3.7% | 165 / 9,644 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.77 | 7.91 | top 6.6% | 145 / 3,208 | |
| 2×2 | 2.40 | 3.85 | top 8.0% | 261 / 5,137 | |
| 5×5 | 1:06.44 | 1:12.58 | top 9.3% | 47 / 845 | |
| 4×4 | 44.20 | 47.45 | top 17.3% | 209 / 1,855 | |
| 6×6 | 2:21.28 | 2:31.87 | top 21.1% | 50 / 307 | |
| 7×7 | 3:37.63 | 3:48.05 | top 22.5% | 40 / 269 | |
| Skewb | 7.35 | 11.24 | top 36.4% | 466 / 1,463 | |
| Megaminx | 1:54.75 | 2:04.12 | top 43.0% | 359 / 1,062 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 7:09.27 | — | early days — 1 solve | 288 / 333 |
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
- 30 Jan 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Gurizão em Osório 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Criciúma Open 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Itajaí ao Cubo 2025.
- 26 Oct 2024Four personal bests in one day at CAU ao Cubo 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.23 at Criciúma Open 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024Six personal bests in one day at Criciúma Open 2024.
Competitions
- Morro Reuter Cubing 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Gurizão em Osório 2026 · 30 Jan 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Tuparendi Open Quati 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Criciúma Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Morro Reuter Cubing 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Itajaí ao Cubo 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Passo Fundo Cubing 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Gurizinho em Osório 2025 · 15 Feb 2025
- Unoesc Chapecó 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CAU ao Cubo 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Criciúma Open 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Morro Reuter Cubing 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Unidavi ao Cubo 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Itajaí ao Cubo 2024 · 20 Apr 2024
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.
- Samuel Barbosa Pinheiro — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- Arthur Werner Kolling — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 82 times
- Benjamim Fuchs Meurer — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.