People · Portugal
Miguel Picado
3×3 · top 8.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023PICA01
Miguel Picado has been competing for 4 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 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 53rd in Portugal. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since April 2023, he has put 532 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 36,406 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 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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% | 53 / 565 | |
| Clock | 7.28 | 8.78 | top 12.0% | 18 / 132 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.24 | 6.75 | top 14.7% | 50 / 269 | |
| 2×2 | 3.16 | 4.62 | top 16.2% | 90 / 429 | |
| Skewb | 4.91 | 6.43 | top 17.5% | 37 / 183 | |
| 4×4 | 48.49 | 56.66 | top 22.8% | 47 / 228 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.78 | 27.36 | top 25.5% | 36 / 162 | |
| Square-1 | 20.49 | 30.09 | top 29.2% | 34 / 98 | |
| 5×5 | 2:22.97 | — | top 62.6% | 68 / 112 |
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 2026 · 9 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Mina de Água Warm Up 2026 · 19 Sep 2026
- 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 98 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Kiary Roque Russo — met in 94 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,366 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.