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Gustavo Penaforte Brito

2×2 · top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013BRIT01

Gustavo Penaforte Brito has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.25, set at Damas ao Cubo 2019, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in Brazil. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 47 competitions since March 2013, he has put 2,294 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.56 in March 2013 to 7.77, a 56% improvement. Gustavo has entered 47 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.25
signature single · Damas ao Cubo 2019
2,294
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
2×21.252.09
top 1.2%28 / 5,137
3×37.7710.09
top 2.4%101 / 9,644
4×436.5642.49
top 8.2%88 / 1,855
3×3 one-handed15.9020.95
top 10.0%138 / 1,992
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves34.67
top 14.8%52 / 360
Skewb4.718.33
top 16.0%183 / 1,463
Pyraminx6.219.92
top 21.6%496 / 3,208
5×51:25.711:34.10
top 23.9%127 / 845
Megaminx1:30.061:44.39
top 28.2%225 / 1,062
Square-120.3926.81
top 28.8%150 / 647
3×3 blindfolded2:45.163:11.16
top 48.1%132 / 333
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 29:14—
early days — 1 solve58 / 117
6×63:54.414:08.11
top 63.6%166 / 307
7×77:25.11—
early days — 1 solve186 / 269

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

Mossoró Open 2013: 17.56Fortaleza Open 2013: 15.66São Luís Open 2014: 13.14Brasileiro Etapa de Inverno 2014: 10.57Fortaleza Open 2014: 10.96Uberlândia Open 2014: 10.75Maranhão Open 2014: 12.00Pré-Mundial 2015: 11.72Ceará Open 2015: 9.36Oficina Open 2015: 11.29World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 11.63SESC Santos 2015: 10.88Maranhão Open 2015: 10.58Fortaleza Open 2015: 10.47Santarém Open 2016: 11.28Brasileiro 2016: 10.68Dunas Open 2016: 10.52Cariri Open 2016: 9.58Unifor Open 2016: 9.94Dunas Open 2017: 8.95Paraíso Open 2017: 9.89Brasileiro 2017: 9.89SESC Santos 2017: 10.56Oakville Limited Fall 2017: 11.65FECA Open 2017: 9.55Mato Grande Open 2018: 10.14Dunas Open 2018: 10.36Dia da Modalidade Skewb 2018: 9.85Cubo do João 2018: 10.76Cariri Open 2018: 9.10Festival SESC Cubo Mágico 2018: 8.82WCA South American Championship 2018: 10.44Fortaleza Open 2019: 8.74Planeta do Saber 2019: 7.77Damas ao Cubo 2019: 9.24Bissexto Fortaleza 2020: 10.83Fortaleza Open 2022: 9.45RioMar Fortaleza Open 2023: 9.95RioMar Fortaleza II 2023: 9.30III Recife Open 2023: 9.08Iguatemi Fortaleza 2024: 8.94Iguatemi Fortaleza III 2024: 10.71Kumon Fortaleza 2024: 10.81Flashback Collector Metz 2024: 10.117.7717.5623 Mar 201316 Nov 2024

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.