People · Portugal
Miguel Picado
3×3 · top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023PICA01
Miguel Picado has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.37, set at Arroios Summer 2025, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 50th in Portugal. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since April 2023, he has put 450 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.36 in April 2023 to 10.37, a 28% improvement. Miguel has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.37 | 13.06 | top 8.6% | 50 / 547 | |
| Clock | 7.28 | 8.78 | top 12.1% | 17 / 122 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.24 | 6.75 | top 14.7% | 49 / 262 | |
| 2×2 | 3.16 | 4.62 | top 16.1% | 75 / 417 | |
| Skewb | 5.09 | 6.43 | top 18.8% | 38 / 175 | |
| 4×4 | 48.49 | 56.66 | top 22.7% | 44 / 223 | |
| Square-1 | 20.49 | 32.30 | top 29.1% | 32 / 96 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.56 | 34.42 | top 43.3% | 63 / 161 | |
| 5×5 | 2:22.97 | — | top 62.5% | 67 / 110 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Portugal Championship 2025.
- 21 Dec 2024Five personal bests in one day at Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024.
- 30 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at Portugal Championship 2024.
- 22 Apr 2023First competition: Lisboa Open 2023. A 14.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Portugal Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Venteira Mix-Up 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Arroios Summer 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Damásio Open 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Seomara Cube Fest 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Arraiolos Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Seomara Side & Blind 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Portugal Championship 2024 · 30 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Alter do Chão Open 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lisboa Open 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 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.
- Pedro Azevedo — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Diogo Miguel Alves Guerreiro — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.