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Márcio Luiz da Costa Freitas

3×3 · top 54.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2009 · 2009COST02

Márcio Luiz da Costa Freitas has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.91, set at II ETEC 2016, puts him in the top 54.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,763rd in Brazil. Across 27 competitions since January 2009, he has put 184 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:54.30 in January 2009 to 25.91, a 77% improvement. He has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 54.6% of 284,439 all-time
25.91
signature single · II ETEC 2016
184
official solves on the record
19%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×325.9128.95
top 54.6%3,763 / 9,644
2×29.1911.94
top 74.4%3,324 / 5,137

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

São Paulo Open 2009: 1:54.30SESC Pompeia 2013: 1:08.811º Aberto Valeparaibano de Cubo Mágico 2013: 38.38Brasileiro Etapa de Verão 2014: 44.85Faria Brito Open 2014: 50.20SESC Santo Amaro 2014: 41.18Oficina Open 2014: 42.66São Paulo Open 2014: 36.42Brasileiro Etapa de Inverno 2014: 34.56Mogi Open 2014: 30.48Joana D'Arc Open 2014: 32.97SESC Santo Amaro 2015: 29.91Pré-Mundial 2015: 36.38Faria Brito Open 2015: 31.41FECAP Open 2015: 29.46Colégio IPÊ 2015: 30.60World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 30.72I ETEC Rubik Competition 2015: 29.71I Campeonato de Cubo Mágico de Barueri 2015: 27.25Open Cubo Mágico Domus Sapiens 2015: 31.16II ETEC 2016: 25.91III ETEC Jacareí 2017: 27.50I Mineirim Open 2018: 26.73IV ETEC Jacareí Open 2018: 29.95V ETEC Jacareí Open 2019: 28.60Campos do Jordão Open 2025: 33.01Opentrópolis CEFET 2025: 36.4425.911:54.3017 Jan 200922 Mar 2025

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.