People · Portugal
João Costa Pereira Granadeiro
2×2 · top 8.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025GRAN17
João Costa Pereira Granadeiro has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.45, set at Portugal Championship 2026, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 49th in Portugal. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2025, he has put 239 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.69 in November 2025 to 2.45, a 48% improvement. He has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.45 | 4.06 | top 8.5% | 49 / 429 | |
| Clock | 8.01 | 10.33 | top 15.2% | 22 / 132 | |
| Square-1 | 15.56 | 22.21 | top 17.7% | 20 / 98 | |
| 3×3 | 14.92 | 17.67 | top 24.3% | 155 / 565 | |
| Skewb | 6.03 | 10.21 | top 26.0% | 63 / 183 | |
| 4×4 | 57.93 | 1:03.61 | top 34.3% | 81 / 228 | |
| 5×5 | 1:56.16 | 2:00.68 | top 46.9% | 49 / 112 | |
| Megaminx | 2:10.71 | — | top 51.7% | 58 / 115 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.17 | 46.23 | top 65.6% | 103 / 162 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.22 | 14.64 | top 68.6% | 199 / 269 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 57 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 35 / 38 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 Oct 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Portugal Championship 2026.
- 27 Jun 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.92 at Almourol Riverside 2026.
- 27 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Almourol Riverside 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025First competition: Portugal Championship 2025. A 18.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Portugal Championship 2026 · 9 Oct 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Mina de Água Warm Up 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Portugal Championship 2026 · 12 Sep 2026
- Almourol Riverside 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Boards & Cubes Venteira - Mini B 2026 · 14 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Seomara Cube Fest 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Portugal Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 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.
- José Maria Morgado Melo Gomes da Costa — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
- Pedro Azevedo — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,962 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.