People · Brazil
Gustavo Vaz Costa
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 1.5% of 12,418 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019COST14
Gustavo Vaz Costa has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 21 moves, set at Poções 2023, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 12,418 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Brazil. Across 5 competitions since September 2019, he has put 103 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.93 in September 2019 to 13.93, a 22% improvement. Gustavo has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 Fewest Moves | 21 moves | 23.67 | top 1.5% | 4 / 364 | |
| 3×3 | 13.93 | 19.12 | top 20.8% | 1,233 / 9,942 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.14 | 10.15 | top 21.1% | 502 / 3,311 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.73 | 38.63 | top 55.0% | 913 / 2,045 | |
| 2×2 | 7.50 | 8.54 | top 64.3% | 2,765 / 5,285 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:44.80 | — | early days — 2 solves | 185 / 335 | |
| 4×4 | 1:31.86 | 1:53.71 | top 65.1% | 1,040 / 1,884 |
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
- 13 Oct 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.93 at Oxente Open 2019.
- 13 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Oxente Open 2019.
- 28 Sep 2019First competition: Sun City Open 2019. A 17.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Campeonato Brasileiro FMC 2025 · 13 Jul 2025
- Poções 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Campeonato Baiano 2020 · 14 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Oxente Open 2019 · 13 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Sun City Open 2019 · 28 Sep 2019
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.
- Gabriel Bergue — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Fabio Bini Graciose — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Pedro Miranda Moreira — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.