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Carlos de Alcântara

3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2007 · 2007ALCA01

Carlos de Alcântara has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.38, set at Brasilia Spring 2015, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 153rd in Brazil. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since December 2007, he has put 974 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.48 in December 2007 to 8.38, a 59% improvement. Carlos has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.38
signature single · Brasilia Spring 2015
974
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×38.3811.56
top 3.5%153 / 9,644
3×3 one-handed15.2319.34
top 8.6%122 / 1,992
2×23.005.21
top 14.2%497 / 5,137
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves—
top 14.8%52 / 360
4×459.641:12.19
top 36.1%497 / 1,855
Megaminx2:12.552:19.59
top 52.5%461 / 1,062
3×3 blindfolded8:03.86—
early days — 1 solve302 / 333

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

Brazil Open 2007: 20.48Minas Open 2008: 15.13São Paulo Open 2009: 15.25Brasília Open 2009: 14.80UNESP Open 2009: 13.16SESC Santos 2010: 13.84Uberlândia Open 2010: 12.21SESC Santos 2011: 12.43Uberlandia Open 2011: 11.36Goiania Open 2011: 11.83Oficina Open 2012: 11.94Agulhas Negras Open 2012: 10.81SESC Santos 2012: 10.97Goiânia Open 2012: 12.21SESC Pompeia 2013: 11.19São Paulo Open 2013: 11.78DRACO 2013: 10.75Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2013: 10.72Novo Hamburgo Open III 2013: 11.99Goiânia Open 2013: 11.19Brasileiro Etapa de Verão 2014: 10.69Brasilia Open 2014: 10.80Brasilia Open 2015: 11.15SESC Santos 2015: 11.21Brasilia Spring 2015: 8.38Brasília Open 2016: 10.728.3820.488 Dec 200728 May 2016

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.