People · Brazil
Lara Mendes de Sousa
3×3 · top 32.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024SOUS17
Lara Mendes de Sousa has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.42, set at Itajai ao Cubo 2026, puts her in the top 32.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,995th in Brazil. Across 5 competitions since October 2024, she has put 125 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Her 2×2 best has come down from 10.94 in October 2024 to 4.92, a 55% improvement. Lara 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 | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.42 | 20.73 | top 32.3% | 1,995 / 9,644 | |
| 2×2 | 4.92 | 5.93 | top 38.3% | 1,458 / 5,137 | |
| Skewb | 10.37 | 14.48 | top 57.2% | 732 / 1,463 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.73 | 38.32 | top 60.3% | 1,000 / 1,992 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.79 | 14.09 | top 65.9% | 1,753 / 3,208 | |
| Clock | 23.05 | 25.94 | top 72.6% | 463 / 723 | |
| 4×4 | 2:02.54 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,403 / 1,855 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Apr 2026First sub-20 3×3: 17.42 at Itajai ao Cubo 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Itajai ao Cubo 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Criciúma Open 2025.
- 18 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-30 3×3: 24.73 at Itajaí ao Cubo 2025.
- 26 Oct 2024First competition: CAU ao Cubo 2024. A 54.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Itajai ao Cubo 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Criciúma Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Itajaí ao Cubo 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CAU ao Cubo 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
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 her.
- Luís Felipe Rodrigues da Rocha — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- César Octávio Bertoncini — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Arthur Werner Kolling — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.42 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as she improves.