People · Brazil
Mateus Padilha Luz
3×3 · top 46.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019LUZM01
Mateus Padilha Luz has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.35, set at UFBA 2023, puts him in the top 46.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,051st in Brazil. Across 5 competitions since October 2019, he has put 91 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.69 in October 2019 to 22.35, a 44% improvement. Mateus has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 22.35 | 27.68 | top 46.4% | 3,051 / 9,644 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.26 | 15.98 | top 47.1% | 1,171 / 3,208 | |
| 2×2 | 6.79 | 8.63 | top 58.7% | 2,369 / 5,137 | |
| Skewb | 11.65 | 19.68 | top 64.3% | 838 / 1,463 | |
| Square-1 | 46.58 | 55.51 | top 72.8% | 452 / 647 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 52.32 | 1:01.13 | top 78.8% | 1,434 / 1,992 | |
| Megaminx | 5:37.05 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,022 / 1,062 |
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
- 28 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at UFBA II 2023.
- 20 Jan 2023First sub-30 3×3: 26.69 at UFBA 2023.
- 6 Oct 2019First competition: Mini Salvador Open 2019. A 40.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Liverpool Spring 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UFBA II 2023 · 28 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- UFBA 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Salvador NxN 2019 · 15 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Mini Salvador Open 2019 · 6 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- João Vinícius Santos — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gabriel Bergue — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kalani Oliveira — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.35 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.