People · Portugal
João Menezes
3×3 · top 73.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017MENE02
João Menezes has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 37.38, set at Luso-Bussaco Open 2024, puts him in the top 73.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 413th in Portugal. Across 7 competitions since March 2017, he has put 60 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 23% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:05.33 in March 2017 to 37.38, a 43% improvement. He has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 37.38 | 45.96 | top 73.7% | 413 / 547 | |
| 2×2 | 12.03 | 14.98 | top 84.5% | 351 / 417 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:40.36 | — | early days — 1 solve | 153 / 161 |
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
- 16 Mar 2019First sub-60 3×3: 45.75 at CLIP Open 2019.
- 18 Mar 2017First competition: Explorarubik 2017. A 1:05.33 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CNSE ao Cubo 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Luso-Bussaco Open 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Azeméis Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
- Rodo Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CLIP Open 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CLIP Open 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Explorarubik 2017 · 18 Mar 2017
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.
- António Gomes — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- David Martins — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Pedro Azevedo — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 7.38 away.
- A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.