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David Martins

2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016MART16

David Martins has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.68, set at Azeméis Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16th in Portugal. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since March 2016, he has put 1,236 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.43 in March 2016 to 8.87, a 77% improvement. David has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.68
signature single · Azeméis Open 2026
1,236
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPortugal
2×21.682.99
top 3.0%16 / 417
3×38.8710.63
top 4.6%28 / 547
Skewb3.345.76
top 6.8%13 / 175
4×439.8444.45
top 12.0%26 / 223
Square-113.7921.07
top 13.7%11 / 96
5×51:13.251:27.30
top 14.0%14 / 110
Pyraminx5.387.10
top 15.6%53 / 262
Megaminx1:15.991:32.45
top 19.2%20 / 111
Clock9.2510.15
top 21.2%23 / 122
3×3 blindfolded1:37.191:50.88
top 25.6%11 / 40
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves37.67
top 26.7%8 / 35
6×62:36.202:51.32
top 28.8%11 / 40
3×3 one-handed23.2326.51
top 29.4%39 / 161
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 47:06—
early days — 3 solves5 / 17
7×74:07.894:38.81
top 33.7%10 / 38
4×4 blindfolded10:30.00—
top 60.1%7 / 11
5×5 blindfolded28:18.00—
early days — 2 solves4 / 6

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

CLIP Open 2016: 38.43Lisboa Open 2016: 22.82Explorarubik 2017: 25.52CLIP Open 2018: 22.69Lisboa Open 2018: 18.31CLIP Open 2019: 15.88Rodo Open 2019: 15.22Fão Cube Open 2019: 17.10Lisboa Open 2023: 11.92Azeméis Open 2023: 12.16Portugal Championship 2024: 10.11Luso-Bussaco Open 2024: 10.56Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024: 11.72CNSE ao Cubo 2025: 10.10Damásio Open 2025: 11.54CCM Baltar Open 2025: 9.07Azeméis Open 2025: 9.95Luso-Bussaco Open 2025: 10.15Afonso de Paiva Cube Day 2025: 10.46Portugal Championship 2025: 9.73CCM Winter Open 2025: 10.17Arroios Winter 2026: 9.82Felgueiras ao Cubo 2026: 12.47CNSE ao Cubo 2026: 10.13Almourol Riverside 2026: 9.73Azeméis Open 2026: 8.878.8738.4312 Mar 201629 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.