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Luiz Tacarijú da Rocha de Paula

Pyraminx · top 3.9% of 130,891 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023PAUL23

Luiz Tacarijú da Rocha de Paula has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.08, set at Opentrópolis CEFET 2026, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 98th in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since September 2023, he has put 559 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.44 in September 2023 to 11.33, a 52% improvement. Luiz has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 3.9% of 130,891 all-time
3.08
signature single · Opentrópolis CEFET 2026
559
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
Pyraminx3.0810.34
top 3.9%98 / 3,311
Clock6.777.51
top 10.1%68 / 741
3×311.3316.30
top 11.6%630 / 9,942
Skewb4.365.82
top 13.5%156 / 1,493
2×23.204.98
top 16.7%583 / 5,285
3×3 one-handed19.1624.89
top 18.3%270 / 2,045
4×41:21.221:30.61
top 57.0%888 / 1,884

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

Cerrado Open 2023: 23.44Planetário Open 2023: 24.90Faria Brito 2023: 24.36Opentrópolis CEFET 2024: 21.94CSD Rio 2024: 21.71Planetário Rio Open 2024: 18.28Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2024: 19.24Rio Cubolympics 2025: 20.38Niterói Open 2025: 20.43Center Shopping Jacarepaguá Open 2025: 17.86Itaipu Open 2026: 17.43Opentrópolis CEFET 2026: 14.01Niterói PUD Open 2026: 14.68Rio Exxcube Open 2026: 15.02Center Shopping Jacarepaguá Open 2026: 11.33Partage Open 2026: 13.3811.3324.908 Sep 202317 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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
  • A sub-6 Clock single — 2,366 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.