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Miguel Duarte Afonso Pais

Clock · top 1.4% of 32,048 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024PAIS02

Miguel Duarte Afonso Pais has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 3.42, set at Almourol Riverside 2026, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Portugal. Until July 2018, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since May 2024, he has put 717 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.42 in May 2024 to 10.16, a 53% improvement. Miguel has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 1.4% of 32,048 all-time
3.42
signature single · Almourol Riverside 2026
717
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPortugal
Clock3.424.25
top 1.4%1 / 122
Pyraminx3.124.81
top 4.1%9 / 262
3×310.1611.58
top 7.9%46 / 547
2×22.543.82
top 9.3%46 / 417
Skewb4.016.19
top 11.0%22 / 175
3×3 one-handed17.7825.69
top 14.5%19 / 161
3×3 blindfolded1:27.05—
top 22.0%9 / 40
Square-118.8725.44
top 25.4%30 / 96
4×453.521:00.67
top 29.0%61 / 223
Megaminx1:37.341:59.27
top 32.9%32 / 111
5×52:01.792:23.22
top 50.3%50 / 110
6×64:27.234:47.36
top 73.8%32 / 40
7×77:14.277:41.65
early days — 3 solves28 / 38
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 22:10—
early days — 1 solve16 / 17
3×3 Fewest Moves69 moves72.67
early days — 3 solves35 / 35

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

Alter do Chão Open 2024: 21.42Portugal Championship 2024: 18.54Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024: 16.29Arraiolos Open 2025: 13.83Seomara Cube Fest 2025: 13.52Alter do Chão Open 2025: 16.20Arroios Summer 2025: 13.47Azeméis Open 2025: 10.66Afonso de Paiva Cube Day 2025: 15.25Portugal Championship 2025: 13.49CNSE ao Cubo 2026: 11.90Almourol Riverside 2026: 10.16Azeméis Open 2026: 10.6410.1621.4218 May 202429 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-3 Clock single — 239 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.