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Marcelo Augusto Ferreira Carlos

3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023CARL18

Marcelo Augusto Ferreira Carlos has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.25, set at Campeonato do Cerrado ABRACM 2024, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 140th in Brazil. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2023, he has put 226 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.19 in September 2023 to 8.25, a 10% improvement. Marcelo has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.25
signature single · Campeonato do Cerrado ABRACM 2024
226
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×38.259.48
top 3.2%140 / 9,644
3×3 one-handed13.0717.45
top 4.5%51 / 1,992
Pyraminx5.236.80
top 14.6%344 / 3,208
Skewb8.8312.04
top 47.3%597 / 1,463
5×52:11.612:27.26
top 56.3%376 / 845
3×3 blindfolded8:36.22
early days — 1 solve308 / 333

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: 9.19Colégio IPE Goiânia 2023: 8.42Ligerim Goiânia 2024: 8.82Campeonato do Cerrado ABRACM 2024: 8.25Pequi Open Goiânia 2024: 8.29Ligerin Goiânia 2025: 8.47Ligerim Goiânia 2026: 8.568.259.198 Sep 20234 Apr 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.