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Bento de Oliveira Silva

2×2 · top 8.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023SILV67

Bento de Oliveira Silva has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.42, set at Santos Mágico Open 2026, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 275th in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since October 2023, he has put 321 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:07.98 in October 2023 to 12.46, an 82% improvement. Bento has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.2% of 189,179 all-time
2.42
signature single · Santos Mágico Open 2026
321
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
2×22.423.39
top 8.2%275 / 5,285
3×312.4614.12
top 15.6%870 / 9,942
Clock8.449.75
top 17.2%117 / 741
Pyraminx6.0910.40
top 20.7%494 / 3,311
Skewb5.858.36
top 24.7%317 / 1,493
Square-119.0924.52
top 25.9%140 / 656
3×3 one-handed23.8625.03
top 31.2%478 / 2,045
4×41:02.681:13.47
top 39.4%563 / 1,884
5×52:20.362:31.41
top 61.3%426 / 855
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves—
early days — 1 solve238 / 364
Megaminx3:23.013:42.03
top 81.7%806 / 1,082
7×77:46.38—
early days — 1 solve202 / 276

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

Itapecerica da Serra 2023: 1:07.98Golden Square Shopping 2025: 33.56SESI Cubatão 2025: 17.24Paraty Open 2026: 17.36Itapeva 2026: 17.11Marista Glória Open 2026: 18.29Aquático Aclimação Open 2026: 15.03SESI Cubatão 2026: 13.43Golden Square Shopping 2026: 12.77I Rei do Cubo Cubatão 2026: 13.21Santos Mágico Open 2026: 12.46Cosgeek Open 2026: 15.17Desafio Hungria em SP 2026: 14.6012.461:07.9828 Oct 202326 Sep 2026

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-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.