People · Brazil
Gustavo Galle de Melo
3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014MELO03
Gustavo Galle de Melo has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.07, set at Gurizão em Osório 2026, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 130th in Brazil. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since November 2014, he has put 874 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.34 in November 2014 to 8.07, an 80% improvement. Gustavo has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.07 | 9.64 | top 2.9% | 130 / 9,644 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.07 | 5.25 | top 3.9% | 90 / 3,208 | |
| Square-1 | 10.26 | 12.67 | top 6.6% | 26 / 647 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.34 | 19.48 | top 6.8% | 82 / 1,992 | |
| 4×4 | 37.86 | 42.65 | top 9.6% | 102 / 1,855 | |
| 2×2 | 2.62 | 4.11 | top 10.1% | 333 / 5,137 | |
| Skewb | 5.18 | 10.07 | top 19.5% | 230 / 1,463 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:51.37 | — | early days — 2 solves | 188 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Morro Reuter Cubing 2025.
- 17 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Morro Reuter Cubing 2024.
- 26 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Osório Guri Cubing 2024.
- 19 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Morro Reuter Cubing 2023.
- 8 Jun 2019Five personal bests in one day at SESC Gravataí 2019.
- 5 May 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at SESC Gravataí 2018.
Competitions
- Morro Reuter Cubing 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Gurizão em Osório 2026 · 30 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Morro Reuter Cubing 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Gurizinho em Osório 2025 · 15 Feb 2025
- Morro Reuter Cubing 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Osório Guri Cubing 2024 · 26 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Morro Reuter Cubing 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- SESC Camaquã 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Tchê Math Cube 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- SESC Gravataí 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- SESC Gravataí 2018 · 5 May 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Porto Alegre Open 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Feevale NH Open 2017 · 29 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- SESC Camaquã 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- SESC Gravataí 2017 · 8 Jul 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Porto Alegre Open 2016 · 15 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Porto Alegre Open 2015 · 14 Nov 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015 · 17 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Porto Alegre Open 2014 · 22 Nov 2014
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.
- Murillo Gomes Otero — met in 126 rounds, finished ahead 104 times
- Fabio Bini Graciose — met in 100 rounds, finished ahead 89 times
- Israel Fraga da Silva — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.