People · Brazil
Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves
Pyraminx · top 0.18% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023ALVE12
Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.25, set at VI Recife Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.18% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Brazil. Until January 2018, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2023, he has put 383 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 6.90 in December 2023 to 5.46, a 21% improvement. Arthur has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.25 | 2.29 | top 0.18% | 2 / 3,208 | |
| 3×3 | 5.46 | 6.41 | top 0.23% | 7 / 9,644 | |
| 2×2 | 1.08 | 1.53 | top 0.72% | 18 / 5,137 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 9.69 | 12.13 | top 0.85% | 10 / 1,992 | |
| 4×4 | 28.28 | 30.82 | top 1.9% | 15 / 1,855 | |
| Megaminx | 45.01 | 49.00 | top 3.1% | 19 / 1,062 | |
| Square-1 | 8.40 | 10.34 | top 3.6% | 16 / 647 | |
| Clock | 4.71 | — | early days — 3 solves | 16 / 723 | |
| 5×5 | 59.49 | 1:05.11 | top 5.3% | 23 / 845 | |
| Skewb | 3.15 | 4.25 | top 5.7% | 66 / 1,463 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 32 moves | 36.00 | top 20.4% | 69 / 360 |
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 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at VII Recife Open 2026.
- 25 Jan 2025Seven personal bests in one day at VI Recife Open 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at V Recife Open 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024Five personal bests in one day at IV Recife Open 2024.
- 16 Dec 2023First competition: III Recife Open 2023. A 7.19 3×3 single to start from.
- 16 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at III Recife Open 2023.
Competitions
- VII Recife Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Mini Recife Open 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Campeonato Brasileiro FMC 2025 · 13 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- VI Recife Open 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- V Recife Open 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- IV Recife Open 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- III Recife Open 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests 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 77 rounds, finished ahead 76 times · head to head
- Lucca Renè Gomes do Amaral — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 58 times · head to head
- Igor Kauã Gomes da Silva — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 55 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.