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Leonardo Caetano Araújo de Melo

3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011MELO01

Leonardo Caetano Araújo de Melo has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.42, set at Golden Square Shopping 2025, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 156th in Brazil. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since July 2011, he has put 402 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.78 in July 2011 to 8.42, a 67% improvement. Leonardo has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.42
signature single · Golden Square Shopping 2025
402
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×38.4210.79
top 3.6%156 / 9,644
3×3 one-handed17.9123.32
top 14.8%208 / 1,992
4×449.1456.73
top 23.6%311 / 1,855
2×23.845.70
top 24.4%874 / 5,137
5×51:49.072:07.71
top 41.9%248 / 845
Pyraminx11.3214.67
top 62.8%1,644 / 3,208
Megaminx2:46.343:39.22
top 68.7%641 / 1,062
6×64:39.484:57.19
top 77.1%201 / 307
7×78:25.84—
early days — 2 solves207 / 269

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 Santos 2011: 25.78Oficina Open 2012: 16.65SESC Santos 2012: 14.46Brasileiro Etapa de Verão 2014: 11.72SESC Santo Amaro 2014: 13.48São Paulo Open 2014: 11.50Pré-Mundial 2015: 10.12World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 9.40SESC Santos 2015: 10.09I Campeonato de Cubo Mágico de Barueri 2015: 11.02Fecap Open 2016: 10.75Orange Tech 2017: 10.32Arnold Classic South America 2017: 9.52Estância Open 2017: 8.81SESI Santos 2023: 11.90Bio Ateneu Santos 2023: 10.93Etec Cubatão 2023: 10.40SJC Mazza Open 2024: 11.05Golden Square Shopping 2025: 8.42II Campos do Jordão Open 2025: 10.778.4225.7815 Jul 20114 Oct 2025

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.