People · Brazil
Luan Mendes Teixeira
3×3 · top 13.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016TEIX06
Luan Mendes Teixeira has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.89, set at Fortaleza Open 2019, puts him in the top 13.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 715th in Brazil. Across 9 competitions since December 2016, he has put 362 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 54.38 in December 2016 to 11.89, a 78% improvement. Luan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 11.89 | 18.21 | top 13.5% | 715 / 9,644 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.07 | 7.79 | top 13.6% | 326 / 3,208 | |
| Skewb | 4.87 | 7.24 | top 17.2% | 204 / 1,463 | |
| 2×2 | 3.90 | 6.09 | top 25.2% | 903 / 5,137 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.49 | 1:37.23 | top 25.9% | 198 / 1,062 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.75 | 1:14.25 | top 46.6% | 684 / 1,855 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.66 | 50.74 | top 63.4% | 1,082 / 1,992 | |
| 5×5 | 2:30.17 | 2:46.94 | top 65.8% | 465 / 845 | |
| Square-1 | 1:17.84 | 1:29.33 | top 92.0% | 580 / 647 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 58 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 332 / 360 |
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
- 30 Jul 2022Five personal bests in one day at Fortaleza Open 2022.
- 15 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Arraial do Cubo 2019.
- 9 Feb 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Planeta do Saber 2019.
- 4 Jan 2019First sub-15 3×3: 11.89 at Fortaleza Open 2019.
- 4 Jan 2019Four personal bests in one day at Fortaleza Open 2019.
- 7 Jul 2018First sub-20 3×3: 17.43 at Dia da Modalidade Skewb 2018.
Competitions
- Fortaleza Open 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Planeta do Saber 2.0 2019 · 27 Jul 2019
- Arraial do Cubo 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Planeta do Saber 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Fortaleza Open 2019 · 4 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Cariri Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Dia da Modalidade Skewb 2018 · 7 Jul 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Cariri Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Unifor Open 2016 · 2 Dec 2016
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.
- Igor Mesquita Bezerra — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 27 times · head to head
- Davi de Andrade Iácono — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Rafael Werneck Cinoto — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.89 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.