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Arthur de Azevedo Nogueira

2×2 · top 9.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022NOGU04

Arthur de Azevedo Nogueira has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.59, set at Planetário Open 2023, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 328th in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2022, he has put 100 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.26 in September 2022 to 2.59, a 69% improvement. Arthur has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.59
signature single · Planetário Open 2023
100
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
2×22.596.05
top 9.8%328 / 5,137
3×315.8721.86
top 27.4%1,628 / 9,644
Pyraminx9.4915.98
top 48.9%1,216 / 3,208
4×41:20.701:34.60
top 56.5%861 / 1,855
Skewb10.6015.72
top 58.6%750 / 1,463
5×52:58.543:13.02
top 77.6%576 / 845
3×3 one-handed55.911:08.78
top 81.4%1,498 / 1,992
Megaminx3:42.32
early days — 1 solve863 / 1,062

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

Planeta.Rio Open 2022: 8.26Partage Open II 2023: 5.51Planetário Open 2023: 2.59Center Shopping Jacarepaguá Open 2025: 5.102.598.2617 Sep 20226 Dec 2025

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 0.59 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.