People · Portugal
Carolina Pereira Dias
3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023DIAS02
Carolina Pereira Dias has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.57, set at Ruta Cubera: Camino de Santiago Open 2025, puts her in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in Portugal. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since September 2023, she has put 1,412 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 19.45 in September 2023 to 7.57, a 61% improvement. Carolina has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.57 | 9.52 | top 2.1% | 12 / 547 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.68 | 3.51 | top 2.7% | 5 / 262 | |
| 2×2 | 1.80 | 2.64 | top 3.6% | 18 / 417 | |
| Skewb | 2.76 | 4.24 | top 3.9% | 7 / 175 | |
| 4×4 | 33.37 | 38.37 | top 5.3% | 12 / 223 | |
| Clock | 5.81 | 6.74 | top 6.6% | 6 / 122 | |
| Square-1 | 10.30 | 13.69 | top 6.7% | 7 / 96 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.87 | 19.20 | top 7.9% | 10 / 161 | |
| Megaminx | 1:02.06 | 1:14.10 | top 11.1% | 12 / 111 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.16 | 1:20.09 | top 13.2% | 12 / 110 | |
| 6×6 | 2:37.83 | 2:45.95 | top 29.6% | 12 / 40 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | 43.67 | top 44.7% | 19 / 35 | |
| 7×7 | 5:20.12 | 5:22.67 | top 56.9% | 20 / 38 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at Portugal Championship 2025.
- 8 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Afonso de Paiva Cube Day 2025.
- 23 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Azeméis Open 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Lazarillo Salamanca Open 2025.
- 12 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at CCM Baltar Open 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Ruta Cubera: Camino de Santiago Open 2025.
Competitions
- Azeméis Open 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Lazarillo Salamanca Open 2026 · 4 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Aveiro Big Cube Day 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- CNSE ao Cubo 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Felgueiras ao Cubo 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- AEO Moliceiro Open 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Maceira Open 2026 · 11 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- CCM Winter Open 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Portugal Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Afonso de Paiva Cube Day 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Luso-Bussaco Open 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Azeméis Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Lazarillo Salamanca Open 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CCM Baltar Open 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CNSE ao Cubo 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ruta Cubera: Camino de Santiago Open 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Seomara Side & Blind 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Europe 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Luso-Bussaco Open 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Portugal Championship 2024 · 30 Aug 2024 — 15 personal bests set
- Lazarillo Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 9 personal bests set
- Seomara Cube Fest 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Azeméis Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best 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 her.
- Pedro Azevedo — met in 226 rounds, finished ahead 61 times
- Tiago Morais — met in 195 rounds, finished ahead 48 times
- Eduardo Pires — met in 183 rounds, finished ahead 134 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as she improves.