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Isaac Rafael Oliveira Soares

2×2 · top 1.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023SOAR01

Isaac Rafael Oliveira Soares has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.40, set at II Nova Carapina Challenge 2025, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 47th in Brazil. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since April 2023, he has put 1,003 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.00 in April 2023 to 9.16, a 35% improvement. Isaac has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.40
signature single · II Nova Carapina Challenge 2025
1,003
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
2×21.403.43
top 1.7%47 / 5,137
Pyraminx2.674.88
top 2.6%62 / 3,208
3×39.1611.15
top 5.2%243 / 9,644
Skewb3.707.58
top 8.9%95 / 1,463
4×440.3349.84
top 12.5%148 / 1,855
3×3 one-handed18.0622.20
top 15.2%214 / 1,992
Clock9.9710.87
top 25.0%159 / 723
Megaminx1:26.221:36.69
top 25.7%196 / 1,062
5×51:48.981:59.01
top 41.9%247 / 845
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves—
early days — 1 solve197 / 360
Square-137.6648.80
top 62.3%368 / 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

DNFools Boulevard 2023: 14.00Capixaba Challenge 2023: 13.25Kube Kids Vila Velha 2023: 12.46Summer Kube Vitória 2024: 11.37Colatina Agil Open 2024: 12.41Samuel Asafe 2024: 13.01Esporte por Vitória 2024: 11.69Vitória Challenge 2024: 12.67II Samuel Asafe Vila Velha 2025: 9.37II Capixaba Challenge 2025: 9.50II Cubo de Barro ES 2025: 11.54Montserrat Open Serra 2025: 9.83II Nova Carapina Challenge 2025: 9.34Sudestão ABRACM 2025: 10.51Summer Kube Vitória 2026: 9.83III Samuel Asafe Vila Velha 2026: 9.16III Colatina Open 2026: 10.36NC ao Cubo 2026: 10.60III Capixaba Challenge 2026: 10.929.1614.001 Apr 202322 Aug 2026

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.