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Martim Carvalho

2×2 · top 0.39% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023CARV02

Martim Carvalho has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.91, set at Azeméis Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.39% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Portugal. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since April 2023, he has put 1,106 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.41 in April 2023 to 7.38, a 45% improvement. Martim has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.39% of 186,767 all-time
0.91
signature single · Azeméis Open 2025
1,106
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPortugal
2×20.912.59
top 0.39%2 / 417
Pyraminx1.902.84
top 0.98%1 / 262
3×37.389.17
top 1.8%10 / 547
3×3 one-handed14.0016.62
top 6.1%7 / 161
4×434.4239.74
top 6.2%15 / 223
Skewb3.516.21
top 7.8%14 / 175
Square-115.9322.84
top 18.5%20 / 96
Clock9.3311.13
top 21.7%25 / 122
5×51:27.121:33.95
top 25.0%21 / 110
3×3 blindfolded1:56.52—
top 32.4%15 / 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

Lisboa Open 2023: 13.41Azeméis Open 2023: 13.05Lazarillo Open 2024: 9.48Portugal Championship 2024: 9.78Luso-Bussaco Open 2024: 10.02Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024: 8.96Ruta Cubera: Camino de Santiago Open 2025: 9.33CNSE ao Cubo 2025: 8.91CCM Baltar Open 2025: 8.82Vigo Open 2025: 9.04Azeméis Open 2025: 9.97Luso-Bussaco Open 2025: 7.82Afonso de Paiva Cube Day 2025: 9.07Portugal Championship 2025: 7.70CCM Winter Open 2025: 8.71Maceira Open 2026: 9.65AEO Moliceiro Open 2026: 7.38Twists & Turns SFRAA 2026: 9.15Felgueiras ao Cubo 2026: 8.76CNSE ao Cubo 2026: 8.31Almourol Riverside 2026: 7.78Vigo Open 2026: 8.60Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 8.90Azeméis Open 2026: 7.817.3813.4122 Apr 202329 Aug 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.