People · Portugal
José Henrique Ribeiro dos Santos Medeiros da Silva
3×3 · top 7.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024SILV13
José Henrique Ribeiro dos Santos Medeiros da Silva has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.06, set at Mina de Água Warm Up 2026, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 45th in Portugal. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since February 2024, he has put 265 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.94 in February 2024 to 10.06, a 37% improvement. He has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 10.06 | 12.49 | top 7.7% | 45 / 565 | |
| Clock | 6.40 | 6.68 | top 8.7% | 11 / 132 | |
| Skewb | 3.65 | 5.67 | top 8.7% | 17 / 183 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.42 | 6.41 | top 9.8% | 31 / 269 | |
| 2×2 | 2.91 | 4.35 | top 13.3% | 74 / 429 | |
| 4×4 | 47.91 | 1:00.56 | top 22.1% | 46 / 228 | |
| 5×5 | 1:32.90 | 1:47.27 | top 29.8% | 28 / 112 | |
| Megaminx | 1:34.86 | 1:42.67 | top 31.4% | 33 / 115 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.09 | 34.46 | top 46.9% | 70 / 162 | |
| Square-1 | 43.10 | — | top 68.9% | 68 / 98 |
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
- 19 Sep 2026Five personal bests in one day at Mina de Água Warm Up 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025Six personal bests in one day at Portugal Championship 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Five personal bests in one day at Seomara Side & Blind 2025.
- 21 Dec 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.64 at Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024.
- 21 Dec 2024Five personal bests in one day at Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024.
- 24 Feb 2024First competition: Seomara Cube Fest 2024. A 16.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mina de Água Warm Up 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Maceira Open 2026 · 11 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Portugal Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Seomara Side & Blind 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Seomara Cube Fest 2024 · 24 Feb 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.
- Pedro Azevedo — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Rodrigo Queiroz Teixeira — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,366 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.