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Luan Philippe Da Silva

3×3 one-handed · top 0.17% of 73,695 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022SILV08

Luan Philippe Da Silva has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 7.82, set at Weston-super-Mare Spring 2026, puts him in the top 0.17% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in the United Kingdom. Until May 2015, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 44 competitions since April 2022, he has put 2,529 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.47 in April 2022 to 5.73, a 39% improvement. Luan has entered 44 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 0.17% of 73,695 all-time
7.82
signature single · Weston-super-Mare Spring 2026
2,529
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×3 one-handed7.8211.86
top 0.17%4 / 1,851
3×35.737.74
top 0.35%35 / 6,689
2×20.901.70
top 0.38%36 / 4,895
Pyraminx2.584.36
top 2.4%89 / 3,656
Skewb2.424.85
top 2.6%62 / 2,421
4×432.3037.83
top 4.4%113 / 2,071
5×51:10.841:16.63
top 12.2%166 / 1,151
Megaminx1:54.52—
top 42.9%487 / 966
Clock21.51—
top 68.8%862 / 1,232

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

Stevenage Spring 2022: 9.47Glasgow Open 2022: 7.72Cheltenham Summer 2022: 7.42Stevenage Autumn A 2022: 8.36Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 9.43Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2022: 8.97Stevenage January 2023: 8.76Brent Cross Winter 2023: 8.80Wiltshire Spring 2023: 7.54Lisboa Open 2023: 7.28Hampshire Spring 2023: 6.13Stevenage June 2023: 7.48Lazarillo Open 2023: 8.32Azeméis Open 2023: 8.02Stevenage September 2023: 7.84Glasgow Autumn 2023: 7.55Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 7.83Guildford Autumn 2023: 6.60Stevenage February 2024: 8.01Hampshire Winter 2024: 6.96Stevenage April 2024: 7.42Stevenage June 2024: 7.55Battersea Autumn 2024: 6.53Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 7.34Stevenage January 2025: 7.35Stevenage April 2025: 7.10Chichester April 2025: 8.29Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 6.87Stevenage June 2025: 6.71Lazarillo Salamanca Open 2025: 6.29Azeméis Open 2025: 7.01Stevenage September 2025: 7.11Stevenage October 2025: 6.99Hampshire Autumn 2025: 7.21Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025: 7.40Wiltshire Winter 2025: 6.93Stevenage January 2026: 8.62Crewe Winter 2026: 5.73Stevenage March 2026: 6.98Brighton 3x3 Day 2026: 7.38Stevenage May 2026: 7.15Weston-super-Mare Spring 2026: 7.11Farewell Strathclyde University 2026: 7.74Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 7.115.739.4730 Apr 202228 Aug 2026

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-6 3×3 one-handed single — 4 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.