People · Brazil
Carlos Lumumba Soares dos Santos
3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022SANT52
Carlos Lumumba Soares dos Santos has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.12, set at Cerrado Open 2023, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 134th in Brazil. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2022, he has put 250 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.73 in October 2022 to 8.12, a 45% improvement. Carlos has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 8.12 | 11.84 | top 3.0% | 134 / 9,644 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.29 | 7.56 | top 9.1% | 218 / 3,208 | |
| 2×2 | 2.76 | 3.71 | top 11.6% | 392 / 5,137 | |
| 4×4 | 49.42 | 54.03 | top 24.0% | 315 / 1,855 | |
| Skewb | 5.88 | 8.60 | top 24.8% | 311 / 1,463 | |
| Megaminx | 1:52.53 | 2:15.65 | top 41.8% | 344 / 1,062 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.07 | 39.38 | top 44.5% | 695 / 1,992 |
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
- 8 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.24 at Cerrado Open 2023.
- 8 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Cerrado Open 2023.
- 24 Jun 2023Six personal bests in one day at Flor de Lis Goiás 2023.
- 18 Nov 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Cerrado Open 2022.
- 15 Oct 2022First competition: Pão de Queijo Open 2022. A 16.60 3×3 single to start from.
- 15 Oct 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.73 at Pão de Queijo Open 2022.
Competitions
- Pão de Queijo Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cerrado Open 2023 · 8 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Flor de Lis Goiás 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Cerrado Open 2022 · 18 Nov 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Pão de Queijo Open 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 3 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.
- Luan Gomes de Almeida Araújo — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Vitória Santana Rezende — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Matheus Ribeiro dos Santos — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.