People · Portugal
Margarida Coelho
Pyraminx · top 8.3% of 130,891 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014COEL01
Margarida Coelho has been competing for 12 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.11, set at Afonso de Paiva Cube Day 2025, puts her in the top 8.3% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in Portugal. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since November 2014, she has put 156 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her Pyraminx best has come down from 28.08 in November 2014 to 4.11, an 85% improvement. Margarida has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.11 | 5.20 | top 8.3% | 21 / 269 | |
| 2×2 | 4.17 | 8.82 | top 28.8% | 151 / 429 | |
| 3×3 | 21.78 | 27.76 | top 44.9% | 273 / 565 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:06.97 | — | early days — 1 solve | 31 / 40 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Jul 2022First sub-30 3×3: 21.78 at Lazarillo Open 2022.
- 18 Mar 2017First sub-60 3×3: 55.59 at Explorarubik 2017.
- 22 Nov 2014First competition: Coimbra Open 2014. A 1:35.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Afonso de Paiva Cube Day 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lazarillo Salamanca Open 2025 · 19 Jul 2025
- Blind in Aveiro 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- Luso-Bussaco Open 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- El Tormes Open 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Alter do Chão Open 2024 · 18 May 2024
- Azeméis Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
- Lazarillo Open 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Lazarillo Open 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Fão Cube Open 2019 · 17 Aug 2019
- Rodo Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CLIP Open 2019 · 16 Mar 2019
- CLIP Open 2018 · 10 Mar 2018
- Explorarubik 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Lisboa Open 2016 · 23 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Coimbra Open 2014 · 22 Nov 2014
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.
- António Gomes — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Pedro Azevedo — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- David Martins — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as she improves.