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Mauricio Pinheiro de Oliveira

3×3 · top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2013 · 2013OLIV03

Mauricio Pinheiro de Oliveira has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.94, set at Taboão da Serra Open 2024, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 115th in Brazil. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since January 2013, he has put 1,402 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.55 in January 2013 to 7.94, a 74% improvement. Mauricio has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time
7.94
signature single · Taboão da Serra Open 2024
1,402
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×37.9410.66
top 2.7%115 / 9,644
3×3 one-handed13.7019.40
top 5.6%67 / 1,992
2×22.574.48
top 9.6%321 / 5,137
4×439.6743.45
top 11.7%132 / 1,855
Pyraminx4.818.54
top 12.0%287 / 3,208
5×51:10.891:19.54
top 12.2%66 / 845
Megaminx1:07.181:18.48
top 14.0%109 / 1,062
Square-115.1421.47
top 16.8%82 / 647
Skewb5.388.59
top 21.1%259 / 1,463
Clock32.36—
early days — 2 solves612 / 723

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

SESC Pompeia 2013: 30.55São Paulo Open 2013: 22.31SESC Interlagos 2013: 20.69Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2013: 16.65SESC Araraquara 2013: 17.80Brasileiro Etapa de Verão 2014: 14.38SESC Santo Amaro 2014: 14.53Oficina Open 2014: 14.39São Paulo Open 2014: 13.04Brasileiro Etapa de Inverno 2014: 12.90Mogi Open 2014: 12.45Joana D'Arc Open 2014: 12.19Pré-Mundial 2015: 11.26FECAP Open 2015: 12.87Colégio IPÊ 2015: 13.45World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 10.04I Campeonato de Cubo Mágico de Barueri 2015: 11.91Big Pine Open 2015: 11.52Fecap Open 2017: 12.35SESC Santos 2017: 11.10Bicho Legal Open 2017: 10.21Sumaré Open 2017: 10.24Estância Open 2017: 10.52Arnold Classic South America 2018: 11.25Fecap Open 2018: 10.56II Barueri Open 2018: 9.46Festival SESC Cubo Mágico 2018: 9.16Torneio de Cubo Mágico EJS 2019: 10.67Arnold Classic South America 2019: 10.47Fecap Open 2019: 9.11Arnold Sports Festival South America 2022: 8.99Fecap Open 2022: 10.64FECAP Open 2024: 8.40Desafio Hungria em SP 2024: 9.03Golden Square Shopping 2024: 8.70Taboão da Serra Open 2024: 7.94II Golden Square Shopping 2025: 9.297.9430.5519 Jan 201325 Oct 2025

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.