People · Brazil
Benjamin Ferreira Tavares
3×3 · top 9.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024TAVA01
Benjamin Ferreira Tavares has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.76, set at Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2024, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 521st in Brazil. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since January 2024, he has put 426 official solves on the record across nine 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 2×2 best has come down from 4.94 in January 2024 to 3.33, a 33% improvement. Benjamin has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 10.76 | 12.96 | top 9.8% | 521 / 9,942 | |
| Megaminx | 1:04.86 | 1:13.28 | top 12.6% | 101 / 1,082 | |
| 2×2 | 3.33 | 4.55 | top 18.2% | 633 / 5,285 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.33 | 11.24 | top 22.5% | 539 / 3,311 | |
| 4×4 | 56.96 | 1:09.21 | top 33.1% | 464 / 1,884 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.98 | 27.29 | top 34.3% | 528 / 2,045 | |
| Skewb | 7.93 | 15.06 | top 40.8% | 523 / 1,493 | |
| 5×5 | 2:11.93 | 2:25.57 | top 56.7% | 383 / 855 | |
| Clock | 1:08.45 | 1:18.88 | top 99.2% | 731 / 741 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Nov 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2024.
- 12 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bora Bora Barra Spring 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Soares Herdy Open 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.28 at Opentrópolis CEFET 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Opentrópolis CEFET 2024.
- 24 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Bora Bora Barra Summer 2024.
Competitions
- Partage Summer SG 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Niterói Sides 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Bora Bora Barra Spring 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Planetário Rio Open 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Soares Herdy Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Opentrópolis CEFET 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Bora Bora Barra Summer 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Araruama Open 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Partage Summer 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
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.
- Kaique de Oliveira Neves — met in 88 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mariana Castro Gonçalves — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Henrique Coelho — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,558 people have one; it is 4.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.