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Gilson Sousa da Silva

3×3 · top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011SILV05

Gilson Sousa da Silva has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.53, set at Orange Tech 2017, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 286th in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since July 2011, he has put 880 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.02 in July 2011 to 9.53, a 63% improvement. Gilson has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.53
signature single · Orange Tech 2017
880
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×39.5313.83
top 6.2%286 / 9,644
2×22.526.17
top 9.1%296 / 5,137
3×3 one-handed18.8022.13
top 17.2%247 / 1,992
3×3 blindfolded1:21.08—
top 19.9%48 / 333
Pyraminx6.4310.78
top 23.3%536 / 3,208
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 52:46—
top 33.6%36 / 117
4×41:14.411:36.11
top 51.0%761 / 1,855
5×53:09.503:38.71
top 81.1%605 / 845
Square-11:10.341:30.79
top 89.2%564 / 647
Clock38.2643.53
top 92.2%650 / 723
Megaminx5:41.326:36.80
top 97.9%1,027 / 1,062
Skewb34.9855.76
top 98.4%1,424 / 1,463

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

SESC Santos 2011: 26.02Oficina Open 2012: 17.91SESC Santos 2012: 16.96Americana Open 2012: 15.69SESC Pompeia 2013: 14.47São Paulo Open 2013: 15.27Piracicaba Open 2013: 16.50Nova Odessa Open 2014: 14.50Joana D'Arc Open 2014: 14.80Pré-Mundial 2015: 13.72Oficina Open 2015: 12.48Colégio IPÊ 2015: 12.73World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 14.86I ETEC Rubik Competition 2015: 12.76Open Cubo Mágico Domus Sapiens 2015: 12.21Open Cubo Mágico Domus Sapiens 2016: 11.75Oficina Open 2016: 12.58II ETEC 2016: 12.78Orange Tech 2017: 9.53Oficina Open 2017: 12.659.5326.0215 Jul 201120 May 2017

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.