People · Brazil
Caio Cavalcante Araújo
3×3 · top 4.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022ARAU09
Caio Cavalcante Araújo has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.78, set at Integral ao Cubo Salvador 2025, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 200th in Brazil. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2022, he has put 190 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.85 in November 2022 to 8.78, a 26% improvement. Caio has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 8.78 | 10.86 | top 4.4% | 200 / 9,942 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.51 | 9.12 | top 16.5% | 404 / 3,311 | |
| 2×2 | 3.79 | 5.00 | top 23.9% | 877 / 5,285 | |
| Skewb | 6.16 | 7.41 | top 27.1% | 350 / 1,493 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.54 | 30.36 | top 35.7% | 554 / 2,045 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.86 | 1:08.80 | top 40.6% | 581 / 1,884 | |
| Square-1 | 39.66 | 53.28 | top 65.0% | 389 / 656 |
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
- 12 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.78 at Integral ao Cubo Salvador 2025.
- 26 Nov 2022First competition: Oxente Open 2022. A 14.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- IFBA 2026 · 19 Sep 2026
- UFRB 2026 · 4 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UFBA VIII - Você Escolhe 2026 · 24 Jan 2026
- Oxente Open 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Integral ao Cubo Salvador 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UFBA V 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UFBA IV 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Oxente Open 2023 · 17 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Oxente Open 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 2 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.
- João Vinícius Santos — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Suzane Coelho — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Kalani Oliveira — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.