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Luis Miguel de Paula Branco

3×3 · top 11.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012BRAN01

Luis Miguel de Paula Branco has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.25, set at Faria Brito Open 2015, puts him in the top 11.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 593rd in Brazil. Across 4 competitions since May 2012, he has put 128 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.68 in May 2012 to 11.25, an 18% improvement. Luis has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.3% of 284,439 all-time
11.25
signature single · Faria Brito Open 2015
128
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×311.2514.03
top 11.3%593 / 9,644
2×24.486.67
top 32.7%1,234 / 5,137
3×3 one-handed27.2239.46
top 39.9%619 / 1,992
4×41:37.311:54.98
top 68.8%1,088 / 1,855
Square-11:02.332:07.62
top 85.0%531 / 647
Pyraminx20.8428.04
top 93.9%2,895 / 3,208
3×3 blindfolded8:45.50
early days — 1 solve312 / 333

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

Agulhas Negras Open 2012: 13.68SESC Pompeia 2013: 11.50Faria Brito Open 2015: 11.25World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 12.4211.2513.685 May 201217 Jul 2015

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 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.