People · Brazil
João Vitor Almeida Paes
3×3 · top 1.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015PAES01
João Vitor Almeida Paes has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.73, set at FME Campos Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34th in Brazil. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since July 2015, he has put 177 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.19 in July 2015 to 6.73, a 40% 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 | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.73 | 7.94 | top 1.1% | 34 / 9,942 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.40 | 13.53 | top 1.4% | 14 / 2,045 | |
| 4×4 | 45.52 | 46.94 | top 19.0% | 248 / 1,884 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.24 | 2:02.73 | top 33.3% | 190 / 855 |
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
- 26 Mar 2022Three personal bests in one day at Faria Brito Open 2022.
- 23 Jan 2022Three personal bests in one day at Back in Bahia 2022.
- 18 Sep 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.09 at Campeonato Marista de Cubo Mágico 2015.
- 17 Jul 2015First competition: World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015. A 11.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- FME Campos Open 2026 · 2 May 2026
- FME Campos Open 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bora Bora Barra Open 2023 · 17 Jun 2023
- Faria Brito Open 2022 · 26 Mar 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Back in Bahia 2022 · 23 Jan 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Faria Brito Open 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Campeonato Marista de Cubo Mágico 2015 · 18 Sep 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015 · 17 Jul 2015
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.
- Pedro Henrique Maciel Ceccopieri Belo (陈昊然) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Gabriel Sargeiro Gomes de Mello — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Israel Machado Soares — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 800 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.