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João Pedro dos Santos Costa

2×2 · top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016COST03

João Pedro dos Santos Costa has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.37, set at Poções 2018, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 41st in Brazil. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since January 2016, he has put 1,058 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.20 in January 2016 to 7.64, a 37% improvement. He has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.37
signature single · Poções 2018
1,058
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
2×21.373.07
top 1.6%41 / 5,137
3×37.649.22
top 2.2%87 / 9,644
4×431.6535.04
top 3.9%41 / 1,855
3×3 one-handed13.5917.45
top 5.4%64 / 1,992
Megaminx53.9358.19
top 6.9%46 / 1,062
5×51:06.811:13.63
top 9.5%49 / 845
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves34.33
top 9.9%33 / 360
6×62:26.662:32.95
top 23.9%58 / 307
7×74:13.374:40.46
top 35.5%67 / 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

Oxente Open 2016: 12.20Oxente Open 2017: 9.23Brasileiro 2017: 8.14Villa Open 2017: 8.53Poções 2018: 7.64Sides Bahia 2018: 9.62Villa Open 2018: 7.97Acarajé Open 2019: 8.12Poções 2019: 8.82Sun City Open 2019: 9.10Mini Salvador Open 2019: 8.83Back in Bahia 2022: 10.04Kid's Day Conquista 2022: 8.86Poções 2023: 8.10Conquiste o Cubo II 2023: 7.83Campeonato Brasileiro 2023: 9.18Poções 2024: 10.13UFBA IV 2024: 9.1024 Horas em Salvador 2024: 8.15Poções Geek 2024: 8.76Campeonato Nordestino ABRACM 2025: 9.507.6412.2023 Jan 201619 Sep 2025

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.