People · Portugal
José Henrique Ribeiro dos Santos Medeiros da Silva
Clock · top 8.7% of 32,048 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024SILV13
José Henrique Ribeiro dos Santos Medeiros da Silva has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 6.40, set at Seomara Side & Blind 2025, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Portugal. Until June 2010, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2024, he has put 229 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.94 in February 2024 to 12.16, a 24% improvement. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 6.40 | 7.11 | top 8.7% | 10 / 122 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.42 | 6.41 | top 9.8% | 29 / 262 | |
| 2×2 | 2.91 | 4.35 | top 13.2% | 60 / 417 | |
| 3×3 | 12.16 | 13.32 | top 14.4% | 86 / 547 | |
| Skewb | 5.43 | 8.31 | top 21.4% | 46 / 175 | |
| 4×4 | 53.00 | 1:00.56 | top 28.3% | 58 / 223 | |
| 5×5 | 1:32.90 | 1:47.27 | top 29.8% | 27 / 110 | |
| Megaminx | 1:42.95 | 1:48.28 | top 36.4% | 35 / 111 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.09 | 34.46 | top 46.8% | 69 / 161 | |
| Square-1 | 57.54 | — | top 82.0% | 77 / 96 |
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 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
- 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 50 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Tiago Morais — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Carolina Pereira Dias — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.