People · Brazil
Gabriel Soares dos Santos
Pyraminx · top 5.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016SANT63
Gabriel Soares dos Santos has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.60, set at Brasília Winter 2018, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 131st in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since November 2016, he has put 490 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 8.35 in June 2017 to 3.60, a 57% improvement. Gabriel has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.60 | 5.61 | top 5.9% | 131 / 3,208 | |
| Skewb | 4.15 | 8.28 | top 11.9% | 137 / 1,463 | |
| 2×2 | 3.25 | 5.63 | top 17.2% | 589 / 5,137 | |
| 3×3 | 15.06 | 19.12 | top 24.6% | 1,444 / 9,644 | |
| Megaminx | 1:31.87 | 1:48.83 | top 29.4% | 236 / 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
Best single per competition, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 May 2022First sub-20 3×3: 17.26 at Brasília Autumn 2022.
- 25 Aug 2018Four personal bests in one day at Brasília Winter 2018.
- 26 May 2018Three personal bests in one day at Brasília Open 2018.
- 2 Dec 2017Five personal bests in one day at Brasília Spring 2017.
- 16 Jun 2017First sub-30 3×3: 26.56 at Brasileiro 2017.
- 26 Nov 2016First competition: Brasília Spring 2016. A 35.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Brasília Spring 2025 · 1 Nov 2025
- Back to the Cube Ceilândia 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- II Candanguim 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
- I Candanguim 2023 · 7 May 2023
- Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2022 · 22 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Brasília Autumn 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Arena BSB de Cubo Mágico 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Brasília Spring 2018 · 30 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Brasília Winter 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Brasília Open 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Brasília Spring 2017 · 2 Dec 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Brasileiro 2017 · 16 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Brasília Spring 2016 · 26 Nov 2016
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.
- Miquéias Dantas dos Santos — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 18 times · head to head
- Pedro Miranda Moreira — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Felipe Eduardo Alves de Faria — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.