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Luiz Fernando Santos de Sousa

Clock · top 2.4% of 32,817 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024SOUS10

Luiz Fernando Santos de Sousa has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 4.07, set at Forgotten O'Clocks II SBC 2026, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Brazil. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since May 2024, he has put 932 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.46 in May 2024 to 9.82, a 65% improvement. Luiz has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 2.4% of 32,817 all-time
4.07
signature single · Forgotten O'Clocks II SBC 2026
932
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
Clock4.075.24
top 2.4%7 / 741
2×21.944.15
top 4.4%142 / 5,285
3×39.8211.98
top 7.0%347 / 9,942
4×444.5951.96
top 17.9%226 / 1,884
Skewb5.3810.80
top 21.1%267 / 1,493
3×3 one-handed21.9027.15
top 25.8%396 / 2,045
Pyraminx6.7710.71
top 26.0%619 / 3,311
5×51:49.881:54.59
top 42.6%260 / 855
Megaminx2:04.982:33.85
top 48.7%428 / 1,082
Square-131.3440.78
top 51.9%293 / 656
6×64:02.514:27.37
top 66.4%177 / 313
7×713:51.00—
early days — 1 solve263 / 276

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

FECAP Open 2024: 28.46Taboão da Serra Open 2024: 19.46SJC Mazza Open 2024: 16.44SPAC Open 2024: 18.99II CubeBook Campinas 2024: 14.26Golden Square Shopping 2025: 14.91Campos do Jordão Open 2025: 14.88Morumbi Open 2025: 14.94Aquático Aclimação Open 2025: 15.49SAJ Águas da Prata 2025: 12.66Desafio Hungria em SP 2025: 11.84Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2025: 15.00II Campos do Jordão Open 2025: 12.92II Golden Square Shopping 2025: 10.15II Aquático Aclimação Open 2025: 11.85SESI Cubatão 2025: 9.82Itapeva 2026: 11.28Curitiba Contra o Tempo 2026: 9.83Guará Garage 2026: 10.18Shopping Parque da Cidade 2026: 11.24INUMP São Paulo 2026: 12.63FECAP 2026: 12.69SAJ Águas da Prata 2026: 11.88Golden Square Shopping 2026: 10.54I Rei do Cubo Cubatão 2026: 10.43Santos Mágico Open 2026: 10.74Cosgeek Open 2026: 15.27Cuber Brasil Sumaré 2026: 11.089.8228.4625 May 202417 Oct 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-4 Clock single — 754 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.