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João Luiz Melo Novaes

Skewb · top 5.2% of 74,164 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 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in Brazil. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 93 competitions since June 2017, he has put 1,747 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 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 2:08.43 in June 2017 to 23.44, an 82% improvement. He has entered 93 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 5.2% of 74,164 all-time
3.04
signature single · MS ao Cubo 2025
1,747
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%62 / 1,493
2×24.049.30
top 27.1%1,003 / 5,285
Clock11.4815.28
top 32.4%211 / 741
Pyraminx8.8411.85
top 43.5%1,091 / 3,311
3×323.4432.58
top 49.1%3,411 / 9,942
4×41:43.472:01.73
top 73.0%1,209 / 1,884
Square-157.571:46.79
top 82.1%522 / 656
Megaminx3:30.204:12.95
top 83.7%831 / 1,082
5×54:01.14—
top 91.9%727 / 855
3×3 Fewest Moves58 moves—
early days — 2 solves337 / 364
6×68:36.069:10.26
top 98.4%298 / 313
7×713:26.00—
top 98.9%260 / 276

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

Brasileiro 2017: 2:08.43BOB 2017: 1:47.87Manaus Plaza Open II 2017: 1:38.18Brasília Spring 2017: 1:12.94Tambaqui Plaza Open 2018: 1:02.71Brasília Open 2018: 1:15.19Campeonato Brasileiro 2018: 47.33Brasília Winter 2018: 40.76Manaus Cubo Plaza Open 2018: 43.19Brasília Spring 2018: 39.82Festival SESC Cubo Mágico 2018: 46.46WCA South American Championship 2018: 48.01Sumaré Open 2019: 47.68Arena BSB de Cubo Mágico 2019: 46.05Oficina Open 2019: 45.22Cubo Uai Belo Horizonte Open 2019: 34.75Brasília Winter 2019: 39.45Manaus Cubo Plaza Open II 2019: 43.91Capivara Sunset 2019: 36.67Brasília Closing 2019: 42.21Pequi Open 2020: 43.87Oficina Open 2022: 46.66Brasília Autumn 2022: 38.53Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2022: 34.34Planeta.Rio Open 2022: 41.03Fecap Open 2022: 41.84Cerrado Open 2022: 34.40Brasília Bigs & Blind 2023: 32.57DNFools Boulevard 2023: 39.34I Candanguim 2023: 39.89Flor de Lis Goiás 2023: 30.70Cerrado Open 2023: 30.49Pão de Queijo Open 2023: 31.10Capivara 2023: 38.08Floripa Open 2023: 35.70Saideira Brasília 2023: 29.74Brasília Bigs & Blind 2024: 33.03Cuiabá Open 2024: 33.10II Candanguim 2024: 34.77Campeonato do Cerrado ABRACM 2024: 34.15Desafio Hungria em SP 2024: 42.89Back to the Cube Ceilândia 2024: 30.27Capivara Alto da XV Mall 2024: 31.96Anápolis Open 2024: 23.44Várzea Grande ao Cubo 2024: 30.86MS ao Cubo 2024: 34.94Pequi Open Goiânia 2024: 28.55Escola Canadense de Brasília Open Cube 2024: 31.45CubUai UFMG Open 2024: 28.86Pé Vermelho II - Londrina 2024: 30.79Pampulha Open 2025: 36.28FECAP Open 2025: 41.20Conecta Cubo Goiânia 2025: 28.98Escola Canadense de Brasília Open Cube 2025: 28.13Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2025: 31.35Back to the Cube Ceilândia 2025: 33.14Anápolis Open 2025: 25.18Capivara Alto da XV Mall 2025: 29.98Desafio Nipo-Brasileiro BH 2025: 30.38Brasília Bigs & Blind 2025: 28.53Ligerin Goiânia 2025: 31.61MS ao Cubo 2025: 30.55Brasília Spring 2025: 29.44Campeonato do Cerrado ABRACM 2025: 29.15Uberlândia Open 2025: 25.71Capivara Curitiba 2025: 26.81Ligerim Goiânia 2026: 27.67Campeonato Mineiro 2026: 32.07HUNbelievable Challenge in Brasília 2026: 30.132º Ligerin Goiânia 2026: 29.8723.442:08.4316 Jun 201717 Oct 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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 — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.04 away.

Targets move as he improves.