People · Brazil
Arthur Pontes Ferreira
3×3 · top 8.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023FERR29
Arthur Pontes Ferreira has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.31, set at VI Recife Open 2025, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 440th in Brazil. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2023, he has put 213 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.16 in December 2023 to 10.31, a 40% improvement. Arthur has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 10.31 | 13.05 | top 8.4% | 440 / 9,942 | |
| 2×2 | 2.85 | 4.75 | top 12.6% | 437 / 5,285 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.24 | 28.96 | top 26.8% | 415 / 2,045 | |
| Skewb | 8.21 | 15.21 | top 43.0% | 547 / 1,493 | |
| 4×4 | 1:45.93 | 2:00.51 | top 74.5% | 1,249 / 1,884 |
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
- 13 Apr 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.62 at IV Recife Open 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at IV Recife Open 2024.
- 16 Dec 2023First competition: III Recife Open 2023. A 17.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- VII Recife Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026
- Mini Recife Open 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- VI Recife Open 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- V Recife Open 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- IV Recife Open 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- III Recife Open 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Isaac Luiz Oliveira Duarte Barbosa — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
- Celso Reis Vasconcelos Landim — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.