People · Brazil
João Borba Alvares da Silva
Pyraminx · top 1.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025SILV16
João Borba Alvares da Silva has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.05, set at Campeonato Mineiro 2026, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in Brazil. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2025, he has put 338 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 5.13 in March 2025 to 2.05, a 60% improvement. He has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.05 | 2.46 | top 1.2% | 28 / 3,208 | |
| 2×2 | 1.59 | 5.05 | top 2.6% | 80 / 5,137 | |
| Skewb | 3.50 | 7.01 | top 7.8% | 79 / 1,463 | |
| 3×3 | 11.90 | 14.64 | top 13.6% | 716 / 9,644 | |
| Clock | 7.80 | 10.38 | top 14.2% | 96 / 723 | |
| Megaminx | 1:31.51 | 1:37.60 | top 29.2% | 234 / 1,062 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.44 | 27.83 | top 30.0% | 448 / 1,992 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.45 | 1:19.81 | top 46.3% | 679 / 1,855 | |
| Square-1 | 37.12 | 41.72 | top 61.5% | 358 / 647 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | 52.67 | top 65.6% | 236 / 360 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Campeonato Mineiro 2026.
- 21 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.38 at Sudestão ABRACM 2025.
- 21 Nov 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Sudestão ABRACM 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Desafio Nipo-Brasileiro BH 2025.
- 18 Jul 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.22 at Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2025.
- 18 Jul 2025Five personal bests in one day at Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2025.
Competitions
- Campeonato Mineiro 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Campeonato Mineiro FMC 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Pampulha Open 2026 · 22 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- IFMG Betim Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Lusófono 2025 · 14 Dec 2025
- Campeonato Beneficente Na Esquina BH 2025 · 14 Dec 2025
- Sudestão ABRACM 2025 · 21 Nov 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Desafio Nipo-Brasileiro BH 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Bigs Na Esquina Beagá Open 2025 · 31 May 2025
- Cubo Na Mochila João Monlevade Open 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pampulha Open 2025 · 16 Mar 2025
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 Assis Rios — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Diego Eiji Akatsuka Mizuta — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Gabriel Pereira Felipe — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.