People · Portugal
Inês Picado
3×3 · top 3.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019PICA03
Inês Picado has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.30, set at Mina de Água Warm Up 2026, puts her in the top 3.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in Portugal. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since August 2019, she has put 568 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 13.39 in August 2019 to 8.30, a 38% improvement. She has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.30 | 10.68 | top 3.4% | 20 / 565 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 4.96 | top 7.4% | 42 / 429 | |
| 4×4 | 35.73 | 40.91 | top 7.5% | 21 / 228 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.27 | 6.33 | top 9.0% | 26 / 269 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 57.86 | 1:11.76 | top 12.3% | 7 / 40 | |
| Clock | 8.45 | 10.19 | top 17.2% | 25 / 132 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.68 | 25.63 | top 22.4% | 33 / 162 | |
| Megaminx | 1:27.10 | 1:42.76 | top 26.4% | 28 / 115 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.30 | 1:49.53 | top 39.4% | 43 / 112 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 5 of 6 cubes · 37:41 | — | top 45.4% | 13 / 17 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 9:36.47 | — | top 55.2% | 6 / 12 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Portugal Championship 2025.
- 5 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Arroios Summer 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.33 at Damásio Open 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Damásio Open 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Seomara Cube Fest 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Blind in Aveiro 2025.
Competitions
- Portugal Championship 2026 · 9 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Mina de Água Warm Up 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Portugal Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Venteira Mix-Up 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Arroios Summer 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Damásio Open 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Seomara Cube Fest 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Arraiolos Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Blind in Aveiro 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Seomara Side & Blind 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Blind in Aveiro 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Portugal Championship 2024 · 30 Aug 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Lisboa Open 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Fão Cube Open 2019 · 17 Aug 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 her.
- Pedro Azevedo — met in 122 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Eduardo Pires — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 50 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as she improves.