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Eduardo Pires

2×2 · top 2.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024PIRE04

Eduardo Pires has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.54, set at Almourol Riverside 2026, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Portugal. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since May 2024, he has put 1,747 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.40 in May 2024 to 7.83, a 49% improvement. Eduardo has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.54
signature single · Almourol Riverside 2026
1,747
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPortugal
2×21.543.02
top 2.3%13 / 417
3×37.839.69
top 2.5%16 / 547
4×429.8034.75
top 2.7%7 / 223
Skewb2.745.44
top 3.8%6 / 175
5×557.681:03.76
top 4.4%4 / 110
Square-19.5317.01
top 5.3%4 / 96
Megaminx58.831:06.70
top 9.4%9 / 111
Pyraminx4.405.68
top 9.7%27 / 262
6×61:57.522:01.85
top 10.0%4 / 40
7×73:14.123:19.77
top 14.5%4 / 38
Clock8.039.17
top 15.3%19 / 122
3×3 one-handed20.2624.34
top 21.2%30 / 161
3×3 blindfolded1:28.592:22.79
top 22.5%10 / 40
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves40.00
top 23.4%7 / 35
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 13:16—
early days — 1 solve11 / 17
4×4 blindfolded15:44.00—
early days — 1 solve9 / 11

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

Alter do Chão Open 2024: 15.40Portugal Championship 2024: 12.85Luso-Bussaco Open 2024: 12.43Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024: 10.56Arraiolos Open 2025: 10.47Ruta Cubera: Camino de Santiago Open 2025: 10.06Seomara Cube Fest 2025: 9.38CNSE ao Cubo 2025: 9.91Alter do Chão Open 2025: 10.42Damásio Open 2025: 9.60Arroios Summer 2025: 9.62CCM Baltar Open 2025: 7.83Vigo Open 2025: 9.83Azeméis Open 2025: 10.06Cubing in Venteira 2025: 10.15Luso-Bussaco Open 2025: 10.08Portugal Championship 2025: 9.55CCM Winter Open 2025: 9.36Lugo Open 2026: 9.70Maceira Open 2026: 9.98AEO Moliceiro Open 2026: 9.48Ruta Cubera: Lalín Open 2026: 10.37Solving Ferry Fast Rosslare 2026: 8.90Felgueiras ao Cubo 2026: 10.46CNSE ao Cubo 2026: 8.45Mina de Água NxN 2026: 9.22Almourol Riverside 2026: 9.13Vigo Open 2026: 8.93Azeméis Open 2026: 9.257.8315.4018 May 202429 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 0.54 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.