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Eric Fernandes Monteiro

3×3 · top 7.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2011 · 2011MONT01

Eric Fernandes Monteiro has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.84, set at Porto Alegre Open 2015, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 351st in Brazil. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since November 2011, he has put 723 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.75 in November 2011 to 9.84, a 38% improvement. Eric has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3

best event — top 7.1% of 288,433 all-time

9.84

signature single · Porto Alegre Open 2015

723

official solves on the record

13%

solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked

Event	PB single	PB average		Brazil
3×3	9.84	11.93	top 7.1%	351 / 9,942
2×2	2.39	3.56	top 7.9%	269 / 5,285
Pyraminx	4.67	9.35	top 11.2%	269 / 3,311
4×4	39.58	45.91	top 11.7%	137 / 1,884
3×3 one-handed	17.08	21.21	top 12.8%	185 / 2,045
Megaminx	1:25.86	1:37.54	top 25.6%	197 / 1,082
5×5	1:37.86	1:43.83	top 33.8%	196 / 855
7×7	4:13.86	4:16.52	top 35.7%	69 / 276
Skewb	7.30	14.80	top 36.1%	464 / 1,493
6×6	2:56.91	3:03.60	top 39.6%	92 / 313
3×3 blindfolded	5:10.26	—	early days — 3 solves	241 / 335
3×3 Multi-Blind	1 of 2 cubes · 12:42	—	early days — 1 solve	107 / 117
3×3 Fewest Moves	59 moves	—	top 93.5%	343 / 364
Clock	43.68	1:02.27	top 95.0%	689 / 741

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 Sep 2017Three personal bests in one day at Feevale NH Open 2017.
14 Nov 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at Porto Alegre Open 2015.
17 Jul 2015Three personal bests in one day at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015.
22 Nov 2014Three personal bests in one day at Porto Alegre Open 2014.
19 Jul 2013Nine personal bests in one day at Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2013.
27 Oct 2012Four personal bests in one day at Novo Hamburgo II 2012.

Competitions

Porto Alegre Open 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
Feevale NH Open 2017 · 29 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
Porto Alegre Open 2016 · 15 Oct 2016
SESC Gravataí 2016 · 25 Jun 2016
Porto Alegre Open 2015 · 14 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015 · 17 Jul 2015 — 3 personal bests set
Porto Alegre Open 2014 · 22 Nov 2014 — 3 personal bests set
Novo Hamburgo Open III 2013 · 5 Oct 2013
Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2013 · 19 Jul 2013 — 9 personal bests set
Novo Hamburgo II 2012 · 27 Oct 2012 — 4 personal bests set
SESC Santos 2012 · 20 Jul 2012 — 10 personal bests set
Oficina Open 2012 · 14 Apr 2012 — 8 personal bests set
Novo Hamburgo Open 2011 · 19 Nov 2011 — 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.

Israel Fraga da Silva — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 58 times
Fabio Bini Graciose — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead 83 times
Allyson Dias de Lima — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 44 times

Next targets

A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.