People · Portugal
João Dinis Santos Martins
Skewb · top 1.6% of 74,164 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023MART52
João Dinis Santos Martins has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.08, set at Luso-Bussaco Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Portugal. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since April 2023, he has put 861 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.76 in April 2023 to 7.46, a 37% improvement. He has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.08 | 3.64 | top 1.6% | 2 / 183 | |
| 3×3 | 7.46 | 9.66 | top 1.9% | 11 / 565 | |
| 2×2 | 1.80 | 4.01 | top 3.6% | 24 / 429 | |
| Megaminx | 48.63 | 55.99 | top 4.5% | 3 / 115 | |
| Square-1 | 9.70 | 12.32 | top 5.6% | 6 / 98 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.62 | 17.37 | top 9.5% | 12 / 162 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.61 | 6.15 | top 10.9% | 38 / 269 | |
| 4×4 | 46.51 | 50.10 | top 20.3% | 43 / 228 | |
| Clock | 11.47 | 12.83 | top 32.3% | 51 / 132 | |
| 5×5 | 2:10.78 | 2:19.93 | top 56.1% | 59 / 112 |
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
- 4 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Luso-Bussaco Open 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Seomara Cube Fest 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Seomara Side & Blind 2025.
- 12 Oct 2024Six personal bests in one day at Luso-Bussaco Open 2024.
- 24 Feb 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at Seomara Cube Fest 2024.
- 24 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Seomara Cube Fest 2024.
Competitions
- Portugal Championship 2026 · 9 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Mina de Água Warm Up 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Felgueiras ao Cubo 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Twists & Turns SFRAA 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- AEO Moliceiro Open 2026 · 31 Jan 2026
- Portugal Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Afonso de Paiva Cube Day 2025 · 8 Nov 2025
- Luso-Bussaco Open 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CCM Baltar Open 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Alter do Chão Open 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CNSE ao Cubo 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Seomara Cube Fest 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Seomara Side & Blind 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Luso-Bussaco Open 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Alter do Chão Open 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Seomara Cube Fest 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Lisboa Open 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 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.
- Pedro Azevedo — met in 169 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Tiago Morais — met in 135 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Fausto Claro da Fonte — met in 122 rounds, finished ahead 73 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.