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Benicio Lins Pinheiro

2×2 · top 0.49% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021PINH01

Benicio Lins Pinheiro has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.96, set at Bravamall Open 2023, puts him in the top 0.49% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in Brazil. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since November 2021, he has put 1,019 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.04 in November 2021 to 8.24, a 54% improvement. Benicio has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.49% of 189,179 all-time
0.96
signature single · Bravamall Open 2023
1,019
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
2×20.962.72
top 0.49%12 / 5,285
Pyraminx2.003.43
top 1.1%24 / 3,311
3×38.2410.85
top 3.2%143 / 9,942
3×3 one-handed14.9017.83
top 8.0%112 / 2,045
4×443.1650.38
top 16.0%196 / 1,884
Square-114.9522.32
top 16.4%81 / 656
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves43.67
top 23.5%78 / 364
Skewb5.7410.47
top 23.8%307 / 1,493
Clock9.7811.58
top 23.9%161 / 741
Megaminx1:39.271:52.06
top 34.3%287 / 1,082
5×51:45.382:04.51
top 39.5%235 / 855
6×67:43.20—
early days — 1 solve289 / 313

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

Ticino Open Saturday 2021: 18.04Little Village Open 2022: 14.18Swisscubing Cup I 2022: 12.88Swisscubing Cup II 2022: 12.96Lake Constance Cubing 2022: 11.17Swisscubing Cup III 2022: 13.00Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 11.01Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2022: 11.01Swisscubing Cup IV 2022: 10.66Swiss Nationals 2022: 10.68Swisscubing Cup V 2022: 10.74Swiss Science Open 2022: 10.65Swisscubing Cup Finale 2022: 11.44Frozen Lake Constance 2023: 10.94Swisscubing Cup I 2023: 10.24Swisscubing Cup II 2023: 10.64Wiler Würfel Fäscht 2023: 11.65Swisscubing Cup III 2023: 8.62Swiss Nationals 2023: 11.21Swisscubing Cup IV 2023: 10.56Bravamall Open 2023: 10.90Swisscubing Cup Final 2023: 8.24Swiss Science Open 2023: 10.67Swiss Science Open 2024: 8.82Swiss Science Open 2025: 9.958.2418.046 Nov 20214 Oct 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.