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Luiz Tacarijú da Rocha de Paula

Pyraminx · top 3.9% of 129,321 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 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 92nd in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since September 2023, he has put 438 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 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 14.01, a 40% improvement. Luiz has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 3.9% of 129,321 all-time
3.08
signature single · Opentrópolis CEFET 2026
438
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
Pyraminx3.0810.34
top 3.9%92 / 3,208
Clock7.489.08
top 12.9%82 / 723
2×23.205.56
top 16.6%568 / 5,137
3×314.0116.30
top 21.0%1,190 / 9,644
Skewb5.548.36
top 22.3%272 / 1,463
3×3 one-handed24.4029.27
top 32.6%484 / 1,992
4×41:30.221:40.05
top 63.7%986 / 1,855

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: 14.6814.0124.908 Sep 202318 Jul 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 — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
  • A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.