People · Brazil
Cadu Marques
2×2 · top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022FREI01
Cadu Marques has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.13, set at Rio Cubolympics 2024, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 177th in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since March 2022, he has put 520 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.35 in March 2022 to 2.13, a 66% improvement. Cadu has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.13 | 2.84 | top 5.7% | 177 / 5,137 | |
| 3×3 | 10.72 | 13.94 | top 9.6% | 490 / 9,644 | |
| Skewb | 5.23 | 6.64 | top 20.0% | 236 / 1,463 | |
| Clock | 13.21 | 14.91 | top 40.5% | 263 / 723 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.40 | 39.82 | top 49.8% | 796 / 1,992 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.36 | 12.48 | top 55.8% | 1,417 / 3,208 | |
| 4×4 | 1:26.29 | 1:38.11 | top 60.8% | 945 / 1,855 | |
| Megaminx | 3:09.83 | 3:37.55 | top 77.6% | 744 / 1,062 |
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
- 28 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Planetário Rio Open 2024.
- 30 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Rio Cubolympics 2024.
- 24 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bora Bora Barra Summer 2024.
- 11 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Faria Brito 2023.
- 23 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.86 at Planetário Open 2023.
- 23 Sep 2023Five personal bests in one day at Planetário Open 2023.
Competitions
- Center Shopping Jacarepaguá Open 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rio Cubolympics 2025 · 1 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Planetário Rio Open 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rio Cubolympics 2024 · 30 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bora Bora Barra Summer 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Faria Brito 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Planetário Open 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Araruama Open 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Bora Bora Barra Open 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Planeta.Rio Open 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2022 · 22 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Faria Brito Open 2022 · 26 Mar 2022
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.
- Gabriel Sargeiro Gomes de Mello — met in 106 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Gustavo Dias Dullens — met in 105 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Pedro Henrique Maciel Ceccopieri Belo (陈昊然) — met in 98 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.