People · Brazil
Marcela Luna de Albuquerque
Pyraminx · top 0.44% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025ALBU02
Marcela Luna de Albuquerque has been competing for a year. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.52, set at VI Recife Open 2025, puts her in the top 0.44% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Brazil. Until March 2013, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since January 2025, she has put 138 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 8.60 in January 2025 to 7.28, a 15% improvement. Marcela has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.52 | 2.74 | top 0.44% | 7 / 3,208 | |
| 3×3 | 7.28 | 9.13 | top 1.7% | 64 / 9,644 | |
| 2×2 | 2.18 | 3.30 | top 6.0% | 195 / 5,137 | |
| 4×4 | 36.19 | 44.58 | top 7.9% | 82 / 1,855 | |
| Skewb | 4.36 | 6.24 | top 13.4% | 153 / 1,463 | |
| Megaminx | 1:17.48 | 1:22.86 | top 20.2% | 154 / 1,062 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.88 | 1:42.96 | top 21.4% | 114 / 845 | |
| Clock | 11.89 | 17.97 | top 34.4% | 214 / 723 | |
| Square-1 | 23.24 | 26.66 | top 35.3% | 194 / 647 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.86 | 29.32 | top 39.0% | 598 / 1,992 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Jan 2026Seven personal bests in one day at VII Recife Open 2026.
- 25 Jan 2025First competition: VI Recife Open 2025. A 8.79 3×3 single to start from.
- 25 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at VI Recife Open 2025.
Competitions
- VII Recife Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- VI Recife Open 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
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 her.
- Isaac Luiz Oliveira Duarte Barbosa — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Igor Kauã Gomes da Silva — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
Targets move as she improves.