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Fausto Claro da Fonte

3×3 · top 1.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023FONT04

Fausto Claro da Fonte has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.30, set at Seomara Cube Fest 2025, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Portugal. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since September 2023, he has put 1,455 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.01 in September 2023 to 7.30, a 39% improvement. Fausto has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.7% of 288,433 all-time
7.30
signature single · Seomara Cube Fest 2025
1,455
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPortugal
3×37.308.32
top 1.7%9 / 565
2×21.572.74
top 2.5%17 / 429
Skewb2.534.48
top 3.0%6 / 183
3×3 one-handed12.9915.17
top 4.5%5 / 162
Clock5.346.56
top 5.3%5 / 132
4×435.2042.57
top 7.0%19 / 228
Pyraminx4.547.58
top 10.5%36 / 269
Square-113.8021.28
top 13.8%13 / 98
Megaminx1:13.641:23.98
top 17.8%20 / 115
5×51:29.281:39.77
top 26.7%25 / 112
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves—
early days — 2 solves23 / 38
6×63:37.643:53.28
top 57.9%26 / 43
7×77:24.32—
early days — 2 solves34 / 42
3×3 blindfolded6:13.12—
early days — 1 solve34 / 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

Azeméis Open 2023: 12.01Seomara Cube Fest 2024: 14.98Alter do Chão Open 2024: 10.68Portugal Championship 2024: 9.76Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024: 9.68Seomara Cube Fest 2025: 7.30CNSE ao Cubo 2025: 9.58Damásio Open 2025: 9.37CCM Baltar Open 2025: 8.16Azeméis Open 2025: 8.69Cubing in Venteira 2025: 9.40Luso-Bussaco Open 2025: 9.00Afonso de Paiva Cube Day 2025: 7.98Portugal Championship 2025: 8.27AEO Moliceiro Open 2026: 8.03Arroios Winter 2026: 9.12Twists & Turns SFRAA 2026: 7.90Seomara Cube Fest 2026: 8.77Felgueiras ao Cubo 2026: 7.97CNSE ao Cubo 2026: 7.33Mina de Água NxN 2026: 7.59Almourol Riverside 2026: 7.90Azeméis Open 2026: 7.41Back to School in Arraiolos 2026: 8.87Portugal Championship 2026: 7.877.3014.982 Sep 20239 Oct 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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.