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Hugo Cantelmo de Souza Penaloza

3×3 · top 68.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016PENA09

Hugo Cantelmo de Souza Penaloza has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 33.62, set at Brasília Spring 2016, puts him in the top 68.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,080th in Brazil. Across 3 competitions since May 2016, he has put 35 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 53.53 in May 2016 to 33.62, a 37% improvement. Hugo has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 68.5% of 284,439 all-time
33.62
signature single · Brasília Spring 2016
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×333.6235.75
top 68.5%5,080 / 9,644
2×210.4515.71
top 79.7%3,673 / 5,137
Pyraminx27.2429.61
top 97.6%3,092 / 3,208

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 Open 2016: 53.53Brasília Spring 2016: 33.62Brasileiro 2017: 35.7133.6253.5328 May 201616 Jun 2017

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 3.62 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.