People · Brazil
Gabriel Nascimento Sousa
2×2 · top 8.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024SOUS07
Gabriel Nascimento Sousa has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.48, set at Skewbeleza Fortaleza 2024, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 295th in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2024, he has put 414 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.44 in March 2024 to 10.61, a 27% improvement. Gabriel has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 3.47 | top 8.8% | 295 / 5,285 | |
| 3×3 | 10.61 | 11.72 | top 9.3% | 490 / 9,942 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.87 | 21.82 | top 14.8% | 210 / 2,045 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.24 | 8.19 | top 21.8% | 519 / 3,311 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:27.91 | — | top 22.3% | 56 / 335 | |
| 4×4 | 50.67 | 55.12 | top 25.7% | 344 / 1,884 | |
| Skewb | 6.34 | 11.57 | top 28.5% | 366 / 1,493 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | 37.67 | top 33.6% | 107 / 364 | |
| Square-1 | 27.41 | 38.65 | top 44.5% | 252 / 656 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at Cearense 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024Six personal bests in one day at Natal Mágico RioMar Kennedy Fortaleza 2024.
- 28 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Iguatemi Fortaleza V 2024.
- 25 May 2024Five personal bests in one day at Iguatemi Fortaleza III 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at RioMar Kennedy Fortaleza 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024First competition: Iguatemi Fortaleza II 2024. A 17.07 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Esquenta Fortaleza 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Campeonato Nordestino ABRACM 2025 · 19 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Campeonato Brasileiro FMC 2025 · 13 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cearense 2025 · 14 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Natal Mágico RioMar Kennedy Fortaleza 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Iguatemi Fortaleza V 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Skewbeleza Fortaleza 2024 · 28 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Iguatemi Fortaleza IV 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Iguatemi Fortaleza III 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- RioMar Kennedy Fortaleza 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Iguatemi Fortaleza II 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Lucas Cordeiro do Vale Menezes — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Thiago de Oliveira Rodrigues — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Ricardo Gomes Castro — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.