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Gustavo Ruas Sarmento de Almeida

2×2 · top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017ALME07

Gustavo Ruas Sarmento de Almeida has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.76, set at Brasília Open 2018, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 109th in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since June 2017, he has put 178 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.30 in December 2017 to 1.76, a 47% improvement. Gustavo has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.76
signature single · Brasília Open 2018
178
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
2×21.765.06
top 3.4%109 / 5,137
Skewb2.927.18
top 4.6%54 / 1,463
3×315.9520.46
top 27.6%1,643 / 9,644
Pyraminx7.2010.59
top 29.5%696 / 3,208
Square-127.6034.70
top 44.8%251 / 647

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

Brasília Spring 2017: 3.30Brasília Open 2018: 1.76Brasília Winter 2018: 3.90Brasília Spring 2018: 4.231.764.232 Dec 201730 Nov 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 0.76 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.