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José Artur Cunha de Souza

3×3 · top 14.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2013 · 2013SOUZ01

José Artur Cunha de Souza has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.08, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015, puts him in the top 14.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 745th in Brazil. Across 10 competitions since January 2013, he has put 236 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.33 in January 2013 to 12.08, a 50% improvement. He has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.2% of 284,439 all-time
12.08
signature single · World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015
236
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×312.0814.33
top 14.2%745 / 9,644
3×3 one-handed21.3326.11
top 24.1%345 / 1,992
4×450.841:03.77
top 25.8%340 / 1,855
2×24.306.47
top 30.3%1,123 / 5,137
5×51:54.692:14.32
top 45.8%283 / 845

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

SESC Pompeia 2013: 24.33São Paulo Open 2013: 23.78SESC Interlagos 2013: 17.88Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2013: 14.33Brasileiro Etapa de Verão 2014: 13.22São Paulo Open 2014: 13.10Pré-Mundial 2015: 13.42FECAP Open 2015: 12.16World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 12.0812.0824.3319 Jan 201317 Jul 2015

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 1.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.