People · Angola
Hilton Adolfo Cardoso Batalha
3×3 · top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023BATA02
Hilton Adolfo Cardoso Batalha has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.42, set at Hotel Forum Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Angola. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2023, he has put 171 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.62 in May 2023 to 9.42, a 43% improvement. Hilton has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Angola | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.42 | 11.04 | top 5.9% | 6 / 94 | |
| 2×2 | 2.53 | 4.48 | top 9.2% | 4 / 58 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.66 | 8.98 | top 11.2% | 4 / 36 | |
| 4×4 | 39.80 | 43.61 | top 11.9% | 3 / 23 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.91 | 19.95 | top 14.8% | 4 / 30 | |
| Megaminx | 2:33.27 | 3:03.11 | top 62.8% | 8 / 13 | |
| 5×5 | 2:42.74 | 3:09.15 | top 71.6% | 9 / 11 |
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
- 23 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Hotel Forum Open 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at Talatona Speedcubing Open 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Talatona Speedcubing Open 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cube in Luanda 2025.
- 24 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at Hotel Forum Open 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.42 at Luanda Open 2024.
Competitions
- IMETRO Open 2026 · 4 Jul 2026
- Hotel Forum Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Talatona Speedcubing Open 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube in Luanda 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Hotel Forum Open 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Big in Luanda 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Luanda Open 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Luanda Open 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Roger Nataniel Issassa dos Santos — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Belarmino Eusébio Chalale — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Carlos Junior de Carvalho Correia — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.