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Felipe da Cruz Bueno

Pyraminx · top 1.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2010 · 2010BUEN01

Felipe da Cruz Bueno has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.30, set at Goiânia Open 2012, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39th in Brazil. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since July 2010, he has put 342 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.84 in July 2010 to 16.27, a 26% improvement. Felipe has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.7% of 129,321 all-time
2.30
signature single · Goiânia Open 2012
342
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
Pyraminx2.304.79
top 1.7%39 / 3,208
2×24.157.95
top 28.4%1,041 / 5,137
3×316.2719.30
top 28.7%1,713 / 9,644
4×41:47.961:53.93
top 75.5%1,251 / 1,855
3×3 one-handed54.441:02.65
top 80.4%1,479 / 1,992
3×3 Fewest Moves59 moves
early days — 1 solve338 / 360
Megaminx4:38.33
early days — 3 solves979 / 1,062

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

SESC Santos 2010: 21.84SESC Santos 2011: 22.53Oficina Open 2012: 18.40Agulhas Negras Open 2012: 17.02Uberlândia Open 2012: 17.71SESC Santos 2012: 16.46Goiânia Open 2012: 16.27SESC Pompeia 2013: 17.78São Paulo Open 2013: 17.81Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2013: 18.43Brasileiro Etapa de Inverno 2014: 20.16World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 21.06Brasileiro 2016: 22.4116.2722.5323 Jul 201022 Jul 2016

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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.