People · Portugal
João Maria Oeiras Martins
Clock · top 6.9% of 32,817 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025MART74
João Maria Oeiras Martins has been competing for a year. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 5.91, set at Mina de Água Warm Up 2026, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Portugal. Until July 2011, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2025, he has put 196 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 5.91 | 6.83 | top 6.9% | 8 / 132 | |
| 2×2 | 3.30 | 5.70 | top 17.9% | 99 / 429 | |
| 3×3 | 15.86 | 16.88 | top 27.4% | 174 / 565 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.03 | 9.37 | top 36.5% | 121 / 269 | |
| Skewb | 7.66 | 9.84 | top 38.8% | 86 / 183 | |
| Square-1 | 29.19 | 41.88 | top 48.0% | 53 / 98 | |
| Megaminx | 2:18.62 | — | top 55.8% | 62 / 115 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.66 | 1:34.42 | top 58.1% | 134 / 228 | |
| 5×5 | 4:29.72 | — | early days — 2 solves | 108 / 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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Mina de Água Warm Up 2026.
- 14 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Boards & Cubes Venteira - Mini B 2026.
- 6 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in Venteira 2025.
- 5 Jul 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.86 at Arroios Summer 2025.
- 5 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Arroios Summer 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025First competition: Damásio Open 2025. A 23.51 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mina de Água Warm Up 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Boards & Cubes Venteira - Mini B 2026 · 14 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Seomara Cube Fest 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Twists & Turns SFRAA 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Boards & Cubes Venteira III 2025 · 14 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in Venteira 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Arroios Summer 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Damásio Open 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Anton Duchesne — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Diogo Miguel Alves Guerreiro — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,444 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.