People · Brazil
Arthur Florentino Baltazar de Paiva
3×3 · top 5.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025PAIV01
Arthur Florentino Baltazar de Paiva has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.18, set at 2º Ligerin Goiânia 2026, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 254th in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2025, he has put 50 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.98 in November 2025 to 9.18, a 39% improvement. Arthur has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.18 | 12.18 | top 5.3% | 254 / 9,942 | |
| 2×2 | 3.08 | 5.27 | top 15.2% | 537 / 5,285 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.96 | 15.76 | top 67.0% | 1,824 / 3,311 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.18 at 2º Ligerin Goiânia 2026.
- 1 Nov 2025First competition: Brasília Spring 2025. A 14.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- 2º Ligerin Goiânia 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- HUNbelievable Challenge in Brasília 2026 · 13 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ligerim Goiânia 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Brasília Spring 2025 · 1 Nov 2025
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.
- João Luiz Melo Novaes — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Miguel Meireles Godoi — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- João Victtor Rocha Leite — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.