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Luan Ferreira

Square-1 · top 8.3% of 25,272 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017BARR24

Luan Ferreira has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 11.18, set at Campeonato Brasileiro 2023, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34th in Brazil. Until October 2009, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since June 2017, he has put 575 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.93 in June 2017 to 15.34, a 47% improvement. Luan has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 8.3% of 25,272 all-time
11.18
signature single · Campeonato Brasileiro 2023
575
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
Square-111.1812.43
top 8.3%34 / 647
2×22.985.59
top 14.0%488 / 5,137
Skewb4.656.77
top 15.6%176 / 1,463
3×315.3421.65
top 25.6%1,514 / 9,644
Pyraminx6.8315.34
top 26.5%610 / 3,208
Clock14.6518.22
top 46.6%308 / 723
3×3 one-handed31.8456.29
top 50.8%811 / 1,992
4×41:27.701:36.65
top 61.9%966 / 1,855
5×54:51.69
early days — 2 solves786 / 845

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

BBQ & Cube 2017: 28.93Villa Open 2017: 24.50Sides Bahia 2018: 22.62Villa Open 2018: 20.99Acarajé Open 2019: 18.68Oxente Open 2022: 21.57UFBA 2023: 20.87Conquiste o Cubo II 2023: 17.72Campeonato Brasileiro 2023: 21.50Rondon Cube 2023: 20.67Bodocó Open 2023: 15.34Master Cube Salvador 2023: 18.01Poções 2024: 17.36UFBA IV 2024: 24.7024 Horas em Salvador 2024: 21.14Poções Geek 2024: 19.3015.3428.9321 Jun 201721 Sep 2024

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-10 Square-1 single — 1,533 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.