People · Angola
José Carlos Cardoso Borba
3×3 · top 7.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023BORB01
José Carlos Cardoso Borba has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.08, set at Luanda Open 2023, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Angola. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2023, he has put 94 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. He has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Angola | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.08 | 11.88 | top 7.7% | 9 / 94 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.36 | 21.04 | top 13.5% | 3 / 30 | |
| 2×2 | 3.19 | 4.97 | top 16.5% | 9 / 58 | |
| 4×4 | 52.81 | 1:00.96 | top 28.1% | 9 / 23 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.03 | 12.71 | top 53.2% | 19 / 36 |
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
- 7 May 2023First competition: Luanda Open 2023. A 12.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hotel Forum Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hotel Forum Open 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Luanda Open 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Luanda Open 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 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.
- Roger Nataniel Issassa dos Santos — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Daniel Ginina Vunge — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Ariclenes Ebenézer Dias Manuel — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.