People · Portugal
Maria Alfacinha da Costa
3×3 · top 4.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023COST18
Maria Alfacinha da Costa has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.90, set at Mina de Água Warm Up 2026, puts her in the top 4.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31st in Portugal. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since September 2023, she has put 504 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 13.72 in September 2023 to 8.90, a 35% improvement. Maria has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.90 | 10.80 | top 4.7% | 31 / 565 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.21 | 6.60 | top 8.7% | 24 / 269 | |
| Clock | 6.83 | 8.31 | top 10.3% | 15 / 132 | |
| Megaminx | 1:01.99 | 1:11.74 | top 11.1% | 12 / 115 | |
| 2×2 | 2.96 | 4.01 | top 13.8% | 79 / 429 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.27 | 22.80 | top 18.6% | 26 / 162 | |
| Square-1 | 17.25 | 21.68 | top 21.5% | 26 / 98 | |
| Skewb | 5.85 | 7.82 | top 24.7% | 60 / 183 | |
| 4×4 | 54.35 | 56.47 | top 30.0% | 68 / 228 | |
| 5×5 | 1:47.50 | 1:55.92 | top 40.9% | 46 / 112 | |
| 6×6 | 3:29.00 | 3:39.01 | top 54.4% | 24 / 43 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:13.02 | — | early days — 3 solves | 26 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Sep 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.90 at Mina de Água Warm Up 2026.
- 19 Sep 2026Four personal bests in one day at Mina de Água Warm Up 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at Portugal Championship 2025.
- 5 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Arroios Summer 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Seomara Cube Fest 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Six personal bests in one day at Seomara Side & Blind 2025.
Competitions
- Mina de Água Warm Up 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Boards & Cubes Venteira - Cubing Clash 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- Portugal Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Boards & Cubes Venteira II 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Arroios Summer 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Seomara Cube Fest 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Seomara Side & Blind 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Luso-Bussaco Open 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Seomara Cube Fest 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Azeméis Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
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.
- Kiary Roque Russo — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 48 times
- Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Pedro Azevedo — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as she improves.