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Luís Pedro Gomes Costa

3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022COST13

Luís Pedro Gomes Costa has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.62, set at Compostela Cubing 2026, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in Portugal. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since October 2022, he has put 1,237 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.76 in October 2022 to 7.62, a 13% improvement. He has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time
7.62
signature single · Compostela Cubing 2026
1,237
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPortugal
3×37.629.02
top 2.2%14 / 547
Pyraminx2.562.96
top 2.3%4 / 262
2×21.613.06
top 2.6%15 / 417
4×433.4839.98
top 5.4%13 / 223
3×3 one-handed14.3217.79
top 6.7%9 / 161
Clock5.867.86
top 6.8%7 / 122
Megaminx58.321:02.39
top 9.1%8 / 111
Square-111.8316.98
top 9.5%10 / 96
Skewb3.976.32
top 10.7%20 / 175
5×51:13.171:20.06
top 13.9%13 / 110
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves38.67
top 20.4%5 / 35
6×62:32.753:02.38
top 27.0%10 / 40
7×74:31.434:48.61
top 41.5%15 / 38
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 6 cubes · 53:39—
early days — 2 solves10 / 17
3×3 blindfolded2:49.10—
top 49.3%20 / 40

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

Campeonato de España 2022: 8.76Portugalete Open 2023: 9.49Azeméis Open 2023: 9.05Seomara Cube Fest 2024: 9.88Alter do Chão Open 2024: 8.71Vigo Open 2024: 9.08Portugal Championship 2024: 8.50Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024: 8.61Azores Cubikon 2025: 10.56CNSE ao Cubo 2025: 10.02CCM Baltar Open 2025: 8.13Azeméis Open 2025: 8.28Portugal Championship 2025: 8.56CCM Winter Open 2025: 9.44Ruta Cubera: Lalín Open 2026: 9.54Felgueiras ao Cubo 2026: 7.80CNSE ao Cubo 2026: 7.78Compostela Cubing 2026: 7.627.6210.567 Oct 20225 Sep 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 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.