People · Portugal
João Costa Pereira Granadeiro
2×2 · top 17.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025GRAN17
João Costa Pereira Granadeiro has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.27, set at Almourol Riverside 2026, puts him in the top 17.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 81st in Portugal. Across 4 competitions since November 2025, he has put 131 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.69 in November 2025 to 3.27, a 30% improvement. He has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 3.27 | 4.06 | top 17.4% | 81 / 417 | |
| Clock | 9.78 | 12.21 | top 24.0% | 31 / 122 | |
| 3×3 | 14.92 | 17.67 | top 24.2% | 151 / 547 | |
| Skewb | 6.03 | 10.68 | top 25.9% | 61 / 175 | |
| 4×4 | 57.93 | 1:07.37 | top 34.2% | 78 / 223 | |
| 5×5 | 1:58.69 | 2:12.56 | top 48.5% | 48 / 110 | |
| Megaminx | 2:36.90 | — | top 64.6% | 70 / 111 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.17 | 46.23 | top 65.5% | 103 / 161 |
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
- 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
- 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 29 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Fausto Claro da Fonte — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Pedro Azevedo — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.