People · Brazil
Luiz Paulo Fonseca Ribeiro Barbosa
Pyraminx · top 28.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025BARB06
Luiz Paulo Fonseca Ribeiro Barbosa has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.04, set at Pampulha Open 2025, puts him in the top 28.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 661st in Brazil. Across 3 competitions since March 2025, he has put 44 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 11.01 in March 2025 to 6.43, a 42% improvement. Luiz has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 7.04 | 12.97 | top 28.2% | 661 / 3,208 | |
| 2×2 | 6.43 | 7.05 | top 55.3% | 2,175 / 5,137 | |
| 3×3 | 31.08 | 36.13 | top 64.4% | 4,681 / 9,644 | |
| Clock | 22.02 | 41.92 | top 70.2% | 445 / 723 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Mar 2025First competition: Pampulha Open 2025. A 31.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pampulha Open 2026 · 22 Mar 2026
- Desafio Nipo-Brasileiro BH 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pampulha Open 2025 · 16 Mar 2025
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.
- Diego Eiji Akatsuka Mizuta — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gabriel Assis Rios — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- João Borba Alvares da Silva — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.