People · Brazil
João Gabriel Guedes Araújo
2×2 · top 4.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019ARAU06
João Gabriel Guedes Araújo has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.02, set at Amman Wintertime 2023, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 149th in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2019, he has put 353 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.69 in May 2019 to 10.50, a 62% improvement. He has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.02 | 3.39 | top 4.9% | 149 / 5,137 | |
| 3×3 | 10.50 | 12.75 | top 9.0% | 449 / 9,644 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.95 | 27.47 | top 17.7% | 254 / 1,992 | |
| Skewb | 7.17 | 9.99 | top 35.0% | 441 / 1,463 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.63 | 11.74 | top 41.6% | 1,016 / 3,208 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.14 | 1:31.58 | top 57.6% | 888 / 1,855 | |
| 5×5 | 2:34.14 | 2:56.31 | top 67.7% | 492 / 845 | |
| Clock | 23.49 | 25.18 | top 73.6% | 480 / 723 | |
| Square-1 | 53.81 | 1:16.51 | top 79.3% | 503 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Al Jeel Open 2022.
- 27 Aug 2022Six personal bests in one day at Amman Summertime 2022.
- 27 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Almadar International School 2022.
- 28 Jan 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.55 at Jordan Nationals 2022.
- 28 Jan 2022Four personal bests in one day at Jordan Nationals 2022.
- 28 Dec 2019First sub-20 3×3: 18.98 at Brasília Closing 2019.
Competitions
- Jordan Nationals 2023 · 6 Oct 2023
- Amman Wintertime 2023 · 3 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Al Zarqa Open 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Al Jeel Open 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Amman Summertime 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2022 · 22 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Almadar International School 2022 · 27 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Jordan Nationals 2022 · 28 Jan 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Brasília Closing 2019 · 28 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Brasília Winter 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Arena BSB de Cubo Mágico 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 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.
- Zakarya Otair — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Abdallah Almaharmeh — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Othman Saleh — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.