People · Mozambique
Maria Nelia Manaca
2×2 · top 98.0% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024MANA09
Maria Nelia Manaca has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 25.98, set at Luzon Championship 2024, puts her in the top 98.0% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Mozambique. Across 6 competitions since April 2024, she has put 33 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 6 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:52.92 in April 2024 to 1:39.42, a 12% improvement. Maria has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mozambique | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 25.98 | 51.31 | top 98.0% | 7 / 7 | |
| 3×3 | 1:39.42 | 1:52.63 | top 98.6% | 9 / 9 | |
| Pyraminx | 1:15.41 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5 / 5 |
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
- 9 Apr 2024First competition: Beginner's SampaLuck 2024. A 1:52.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- GAN WCA African Championship 2026 · 24 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Luzon Championship 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pasig Summer Sides 2024 · 14 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Beginner's SampaLuck 2024 · 9 Apr 2024
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.
- Arnelio Manaca Mola — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Niño Francis S. Reyes — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
- Maverick Pearson — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 2×2 single — 184,942 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-1:30 3×3 single — 282,574 people have one; it is 9.42 away.
Targets move as she improves.