People · Portugal
João Gonçalves Valente
3×3 · top 13.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025VALE09
João Gonçalves Valente has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.88, set at Portugal Championship 2025, puts him in the top 13.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 80th in Portugal. Across 3 competitions since July 2025, he has put 110 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.00 in July 2025 to 11.88, a 26% improvement. He has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.88 | 13.15 | top 13.5% | 80 / 547 | |
| 2×2 | 3.29 | 3.82 | top 17.7% | 83 / 417 | |
| Skewb | 5.56 | 7.00 | top 22.4% | 50 / 175 | |
| Clock | 11.72 | 15.69 | top 33.6% | 51 / 122 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.08 | 1:12.10 | top 46.0% | 98 / 223 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.58 | 13.14 | top 49.7% | 153 / 262 | |
| Square-1 | 30.24 | 42.64 | top 49.8% | 52 / 96 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at Portugal Championship 2025.
- 4 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.58 at Luso-Bussaco Open 2025.
- 12 Jul 2025First competition: CCM Baltar Open 2025. A 18.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Portugal Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Luso-Bussaco Open 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CCM Baltar Open 2025 · 12 Jul 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.
- João Dinis Santos Martins — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- David Martins — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Pedro Azevedo — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.