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Francisco Almeida

3×3 · top 14.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018ALME02

Francisco Almeida has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.23, set at Lisboa Open 2018, puts him in the top 14.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 87th in Portugal. Across 2 competitions since March 2018, he has put 72 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.04 in March 2018 to 12.23, a 13% improvement. Francisco has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 14.7% of 284,439 all-time
12.23
signature single · Lisboa Open 2018
72
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPortugal
3×312.2314.52
top 14.7%87 / 547
4×443.7253.09
top 16.7%32 / 223
Skewb5.6813.14
top 23.3%53 / 175
2×24.076.59
top 27.4%135 / 417
3×3 one-handed23.8029.44
top 30.9%43 / 161
5×52:47.13
early days — 2 solves79 / 110
Pyraminx13.7414.57
top 76.6%212 / 262
Square-156.51
early days — 1 solve75 / 96

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

CLIP Open 2018: 14.04Lisboa Open 2018: 12.2312.2314.0410 Mar 201828 Apr 2018

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 3.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.