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Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes

3×3 · top 0.99% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023FERN28

Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.66, set at Paraíso Winter DC 2025, puts him in the top 0.99% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Portugal. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since April 2023, he has put 1,195 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.06 in April 2023 to 6.66, a 49% improvement. Gabriel has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.99% of 284,439 all-time
6.66
signature single · Paraíso Winter DC 2025
1,195
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPortugal
3×36.668.52
top 0.99%5 / 547
2×21.191.76
top 1.0%5 / 417
Pyraminx2.784.01
top 2.9%7 / 262
4×431.0732.85
top 3.5%8 / 223
Square-18.8915.87
top 4.3%2 / 96
3×3 one-handed13.4118.18
top 5.1%6 / 161
Skewb3.254.61
top 6.3%11 / 175
5×51:03.441:05.57
top 7.5%7 / 110
Megaminx59.171:04.40
top 9.6%10 / 111
Clock7.129.38
top 11.4%16 / 122
7×73:57.794:16.79
top 29.8%8 / 38
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves—
early days — 1 solve12 / 35
6×62:45.202:50.91
top 33.5%16 / 40
3×3 blindfolded3:04.56—
top 53.7%21 / 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

Lisboa Open 2023: 13.06Seomara Cube Fest 2024: 11.12Portugal Championship 2024: 8.88Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024: 7.97Seomara Cube Fest 2025: 7.53Alter do Chão Open 2025: 8.32Damásio Open 2025: 7.38Arroios Summer 2025: 8.02Paraíso Winter DC 2025: 6.66Luso-Bussaco Open 2025: 7.97Afonso de Paiva Cube Day 2025: 7.22Portugal Championship 2025: 8.82Twists & Turns SFRAA 2026: 8.44Seomara Cube Fest 2026: 7.49Mina de Água NxN 2026: 7.83Almourol Riverside 2026: 8.516.6613.0622 Apr 202327 Jun 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 — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.