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Carolina Cunha Simão

2×2 · top 0.66% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015SIMA02

Carolina Cunha Simão has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.05, set at Solvermalm 2026, puts her in the top 0.66% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Portugal. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 50 competitions since July 2015, she has put 2,116 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 51.35 in July 2015 to 9.33, an 82% improvement. Carolina has entered 50 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.66% of 186,767 all-time
1.05
signature single · Solvermalm 2026
2,116
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPortugal
2×21.053.04
top 0.66%4 / 417
3×39.3311.67
top 5.7%34 / 547
Skewb3.166.22
top 5.8%9 / 175
Pyraminx4.197.30
top 8.6%22 / 262
4×437.7446.20
top 9.5%24 / 223
Clock6.838.57
top 10.3%14 / 122
Megaminx1:00.901:08.53
top 10.5%11 / 111
5×51:23.141:36.36
top 21.7%18 / 110
3×3 one-handed23.3526.80
top 29.7%40 / 161
Square-122.5035.76
top 33.5%37 / 96
6×62:50.963:08.12
top 36.5%18 / 40
7×74:47.475:05.18
top 47.0%17 / 38
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves—
early days — 1 solve29 / 35
3×3 blindfolded5:28.85—
top 83.3%31 / 40

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

Campeonato de Portugal 2015: 51.35Lisboa Open 2018: 32.96Azeméis Open 2023: 25.76Seomara Cube Fest 2024: 18.86Alter do Chão Open 2024: 17.82Svealandsmästerskapet 2024: 14.09Uppsalaligan 2: Polaris - 2024: 14.53Uppsala Open 2024: 13.61Uppsalaligan 3: Triangle - 2024: 15.87Kublördag Västerås V - 2024: 15.68Solvermalm 2024: 13.44Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024: 13.75Kublördag Västerås VI - 2025: 14.70Uppsalaligan 2: Diamond - 2025: 12.96Squockholm Open 2025: 12.21Stockholmsligan Nne - Kifaru 2025: 12.66Uppsalaligan 3: Slim - 2025: 12.77Stockholmsligan Tano - Tembo 2025: 12.94Uppsalaligan 4: Clock - 2025: 14.27STHLM Spin 2025: 12.14Stockholmsligan Sita - Kiboko 2025: 11.65Kublördag Västerås VIII - 2025: 12.18Uppsalaligan 5: Ancient - 2025: 13.84Swedish Championship 2025: 10.34Arroios Summer 2025: 10.60CCM Baltar Open 2025: 10.70Azeméis Open 2025: 11.62Uppsalaligan 2: Luminous - 2025: 14.34Kublördag Uppsala II - 2025: 10.35Uppsalaligan 3: Boost - 2025: 13.50Cuboss Open 2025: 11.65Uppsalaligan 4: Fisher - 2025: 10.73Portugal Championship 2025: 10.80Maceira Open 2026: 11.98Stockholmsligan 2: Djungelvrål - 2026: 11.50Ekerö Open 2026: 11.45Uppsalaligan 2: Stack - 2026: 11.98Kublördag Uppsala IV - 2026: 12.96Riverlake 2026: 11.57Solvermalm 2026: 11.54Stockholmsligan 4: Bilar - 2026: 13.53Uppsalaligan 4: Galaxy - 2026: 11.68Kublördag Uppsala V - 2026: 11.15Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026: 9.33Cooldown Uppsala 2026: 11.23Uppsalaligan 6: Bead - 2026: 12.31Kublördag Uppsala VI - Summer Special 2026: 11.56Stockholmsligan 7: Peber - 2026: 10.50Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 11.48Azeméis Open 2026: 11.039.3351.3511 Jul 201529 Aug 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.33 away.

Targets move as she improves.