People · Angola
Ariclenes Ebenézer Dias Manuel
3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023MANU04
Ariclenes Ebenézer Dias Manuel has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.63, set at Cube in Luanda 2026, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Angola. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2023, he has put 213 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.01 in May 2023 to 8.63, a 62% improvement. Ariclenes has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Angola | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.63 | 12.54 | top 4.0% | 3 / 94 | |
| 2×2 | 2.84 | 4.40 | top 12.4% | 6 / 58 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.41 | 1:39.39 | top 19.4% | 2 / 11 | |
| 4×4 | 52.78 | 1:01.28 | top 28.1% | 8 / 23 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.06 | 10.50 | top 28.4% | 10 / 36 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.35 | 30.33 | top 35.1% | 12 / 30 | |
| Square-1 | 26.09 | 38.30 | top 41.7% | 4 / 6 | |
| Skewb | 8.53 | 11.20 | top 45.2% | 2 / 10 | |
| 6×6 | 4:41.13 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3 / 5 | |
| 7×7 | 8:49.68 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3 / 3 |
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
- 11 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.63 at Cube in Luanda 2026.
- 24 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.69 at Hotel Forum Open 2024.
- 24 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Hotel Forum Open 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.99 at Luanda Open 2024.
- 7 May 2023First competition: Luanda Open 2023. A 23.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- IMETRO Open 2026 · 4 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cube in Luanda 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hotel Forum Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Talatona Speedcubing Open 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube in Luanda 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hotel Forum Open 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Big in Luanda 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Luanda Open 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Luanda Open 2023 · 7 May 2023
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.
- Roger Nataniel Issassa dos Santos — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 12 times · head to head
- Belarmino Eusébio Chalale — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 19 times · head to head
- Vivaldo Cristóvão Roque — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 25 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.