People · Portugal
João Tiago Capelo Nogueira
3×3 · top 18.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024NOGU03
João Tiago Capelo Nogueira has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.27, set at Portugal Championship 2025, puts him in the top 18.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 113th in Portugal. Across 8 competitions since December 2024, he has put 228 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.76 in December 2024 to 13.27, a 25% improvement. 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.27 | 17.58 | top 18.4% | 113 / 547 | |
| Square-1 | 18.57 | 27.28 | top 24.7% | 28 / 96 | |
| 2×2 | 4.24 | 5.84 | top 29.6% | 147 / 417 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.88 | 10.33 | top 35.2% | 108 / 262 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.23 | 1:11.20 | top 39.9% | 87 / 223 | |
| Skewb | 8.15 | 12.01 | top 42.4% | 91 / 175 | |
| Clock | 13.77 | 16.40 | top 42.9% | 66 / 122 | |
| Megaminx | 2:10.11 | — | top 51.3% | 51 / 111 | |
| 5×5 | 2:11.49 | — | top 56.3% | 59 / 110 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.27 at Portugal Championship 2025.
- 29 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Portugal Championship 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Damásio Open 2025.
- 21 Dec 2024First competition: Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024. A 17.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Seomara Cube Fest 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Portugal Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Damásio Open 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Boards & Cubes Venteira 2025 · 30 May 2025
- Seomara Cube Fest 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Arraiolos Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Seomara Side & Blind 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best 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.
- Diogo Miguel Alves Guerreiro — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead once
- Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
- Fausto Claro da Fonte — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
- A sub-15 Square-1 single — 4,160 people have one; it is 3.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.