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Francisco Thales Rocha Sousa

Megaminx · top 3.9% of 34,786 all-time · competing since September 2013 · 2013SOUS03

Francisco Thales Rocha Sousa has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 47.18, set at Kumon Fortaleza 2024, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25th in Brazil. Until January 2011, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 43 competitions since September 2013, he has put 2,316 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.14 in September 2013 to 8.72, a 42% improvement. Francisco has entered 43 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 3.9% of 34,786 all-time
47.18
signature single · Kumon Fortaleza 2024
2,316
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
Megaminx47.1852.31
top 3.9%25 / 1,062
3×38.729.84
top 4.2%189 / 9,644
2×22.023.84
top 4.9%149 / 5,137
Pyraminx3.508.86
top 5.5%118 / 3,208
Skewb3.565.38
top 8.1%86 / 1,463
Square-111.6022.18
top 9.1%41 / 647
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves36.33
top 9.9%33 / 360
4×439.4144.25
top 11.4%129 / 1,855
3×3 one-handed21.7028.08
top 25.2%369 / 1,992
5×51:27.531:41.28
top 25.3%136 / 845
Clock12.0214.19
top 35.0%218 / 723
6×62:56.563:25.59
top 39.3%89 / 307
7×74:44.365:10.66
top 45.9%85 / 269
3×3 blindfolded6:28.91—
early days — 2 solves276 / 333

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

Fortaleza Open 2013: 15.14Fortaleza Open 2014: 13.22Ceará Open 2015: 11.75Fortaleza Open 2015: 12.09Dia da Modalidade Skewb 2018: 12.54Cubo do João 2018: 11.76Cariri Open 2018: 13.13Fortaleza Open 2019: 11.15Planeta do Saber 2019: 11.17Planeta do Saber 2.0 2019: 9.76Damas ao Cubo 2019: 10.753-Regular Fortaleza 2020: 11.32Bissexto Fortaleza 2020: 9.05Fortaleza Open 2022: 12.23RioMar Fortaleza Open 2023: 9.48RioMar Fortaleza II 2023: 10.46III Recife Open 2023: 10.13Iguatemi Fortaleza 2024: 10.40I Teresina Bright Cube 2024: 9.88Iguatemi Fortaleza II 2024: 11.20RioMar Kennedy Fortaleza 2024: 10.77Iguatemi Fortaleza III 2024: 9.91Centenário de Bodocó 2024: 10.2924 Horas em Salvador 2024: 9.61Iguatemi Fortaleza IV 2024: 11.23Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2024: 10.98Kumon Fortaleza 2024: 11.48Iguatemi Fortaleza V 2024: 10.00Fortaleza da Hora 2024: 9.51Natal Mágico RioMar Kennedy Fortaleza 2024: 8.72Cearense 2025: 9.84Quixeramobim Open 2025: 10.10Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2025: 11.40Campeonato Nordestino ABRACM 2025: 9.51RioMar Kennedy Fortaleza 2026: 10.338.7215.1421 Sep 201314 Mar 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-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 7.18 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.