People · Portugal
Duarte Matos
3×3 · top 18.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024MATO01
Duarte Matos has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.21, set at Arraiolos Open 2025, puts him in the top 18.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 108th in Portugal. Across 8 competitions since February 2024, he has put 165 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.53 in February 2024 to 13.21, a 41% improvement. Duarte has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 13.21 | 14.83 | top 18.2% | 108 / 547 | |
| 2×2 | 3.61 | 6.00 | top 21.6% | 106 / 417 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.41 | 10.28 | top 39.8% | 125 / 262 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.94 | 1:14.64 | top 42.8% | 92 / 223 | |
| Megaminx | 1:54.55 | — | top 42.9% | 43 / 111 | |
| Skewb | 9.48 | 20.08 | top 51.7% | 102 / 175 | |
| 5×5 | 2:38.75 | — | early days — 2 solves | 73 / 110 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 7:51.03 | — | early days — 1 solve | 38 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.88 at Portugal Championship 2024.
- 30 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Portugal Championship 2024.
- 18 May 2024First sub-20 3×3: 16.48 at Alter do Chão Open 2024.
- 24 Feb 2024First competition: Seomara Cube Fest 2024. A 23.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Arroios Summer 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Seomara Cube Fest 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Arraiolos Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Seomara Side & Blind 2025 · 15 Feb 2025
- Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Portugal Championship 2024 · 30 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Alter do Chão Open 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Seomara Cube Fest 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 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 his.
- Diogo Miguel Alves Guerreiro — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kiary Roque Russo — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eduardo Pires — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.