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João Luiz Melo Novaes

Skewb · top 5.2% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017NOVA05

João Luiz Melo Novaes has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.04, set at MS ao Cubo 2025, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 60th in Brazil. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 90 competitions since June 2017, he has put 1,708 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Skewb best has come down from 16.11 in October 2017 to 3.04, an 81% improvement. He has entered 90 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 5.2% of 73,281 all-time
3.04
signature single · MS ao Cubo 2025
1,708
official solves on the record
20%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
Skewb3.047.11
top 5.2%60 / 1,463
2×24.049.30
top 27.0%975 / 5,137
Clock11.4815.28
top 32.5%204 / 723
Pyraminx8.8411.85
top 43.4%1,064 / 3,208
3×323.4432.68
top 49.0%3,283 / 9,644
4×41:43.472:01.73
top 72.9%1,182 / 1,855
Square-157.571:46.79
top 82.0%517 / 647
Megaminx3:30.204:12.95
top 83.7%816 / 1,062
5×54:01.14—
top 91.9%720 / 845
3×3 Fewest Moves58 moves—
early days — 2 solves332 / 360
6×68:36.069:10.26
top 98.4%293 / 307
7×713:26.00—
top 99.0%254 / 269

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

Manaus Plaza Open II 2017: 16.11Brasília Spring 2017: 31.21Tambaqui Plaza Open 2018: 14.95Brasília Open 2018: 20.01Campeonato Brasileiro 2018: 12.71Brasília Winter 2018: 10.78Manaus Cubo Plaza Open 2018: 13.52Brasília Spring 2018: 12.18Festival SESC Cubo Mágico 2018: 11.01WCA South American Championship 2018: 11.79Sumaré Open 2019: 14.21Arena BSB de Cubo Mágico 2019: 10.80Oficina Open 2019: 9.84Cubo Uai Belo Horizonte Open 2019: 10.79Brasília Winter 2019: 7.07Manaus Cubo Plaza Open II 2019: 9.76Capivara Sunset 2019: 7.91Brasília Closing 2019: 8.38Pequi Open 2020: 8.15Oficina Open 2022: 5.78Brasília Autumn 2022: 9.29Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2022: 8.22Planeta.Rio Open 2022: 5.81Fecap Open 2022: 9.58Cerrado Open 2022: 6.43DNFools Boulevard 2023: 8.39I Candanguim 2023: 5.06Flor de Lis Goiás 2023: 5.48Cerrado Open 2023: 7.89Pão de Queijo Open 2023: 8.52Capivara 2023: 7.58Floripa Open 2023: 9.08Cuiabá Open 2024: 6.75II Candanguim 2024: 5.60Campeonato do Cerrado ABRACM 2024: 6.75Back to the Cube Ceilândia 2024: 6.39Pit Bomba Sides Goiânia 2024: 5.09Anápolis Open 2024: 7.28Várzea Grande ao Cubo 2024: 6.03Pequi Open Goiânia 2024: 5.38Escola Canadense de Brasília Open Cube 2024: 6.61CubUai UFMG Open 2024: 6.83Pé Vermelho II - Londrina 2024: 7.71Pampulha Open 2025: 8.17Click Clock Brasília 2025: 7.02Conecta Cubo Goiânia 2025: 7.22Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2025: 7.96Back to the Cube Ceilândia 2025: 5.85Anápolis Open 2025: 6.11Capivara Alto da XV Mall 2025: 6.04Desafio Nipo-Brasileiro BH 2025: 5.19MS ao Cubo 2025: 3.04Campeonato do Cerrado ABRACM 2025: 6.13Uberlândia Open 2025: 7.63Capivara Curitiba 2025: 6.38Click Clock 2 Brasília 2025: 4.68Click Clock 3 Brasília 2026: 6.70Campeonato Mineiro 2026: 7.293.0431.2121 Oct 20171 May 2026

Best single per competition, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.04 away.

Targets move as he improves.