People · Brazil
Miguel Yoshimura da Costa
Skewb · top 2.0% of 74,164 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024COST21
Miguel Yoshimura da Costa has been competing for a year. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.24, set at MS ao Cubo 2025, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26th in Brazil. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2024, he has put 253 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.60 in November 2024 to 8.76, a 17% improvement. Miguel 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.24 | 7.42 | top 2.0% | 26 / 1,493 | |
| 2×2 | 1.71 | 3.12 | top 3.2% | 112 / 5,285 | |
| 3×3 | 8.76 | 10.07 | top 4.3% | 199 / 9,942 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.36 | 7.24 | top 4.9% | 113 / 3,311 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.60 | 17.44 | top 7.4% | 98 / 2,045 | |
| 4×4 | 41.61 | 47.12 | top 14.1% | 172 / 1,884 | |
| Megaminx | 1:36.00 | 1:47.99 | top 32.1% | 267 / 1,082 | |
| 5×5 | 2:49.69 | 2:54.81 | top 74.5% | 553 / 855 | |
| Clock | 28.26 | 42.25 | top 82.2% | 582 / 741 |
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
- 5 Sep 2026Six personal bests in one day at Presidente Prudente Open 2026.
- 18 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.96 at MS ao Cubo 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025Seven personal bests in one day at MS ao Cubo 2025.
- 23 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Presidente Prudente Open 2025.
- 15 Nov 2024First competition: Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2024. A 12.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Presidente Prudente Open 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- UFMS Space Rubik 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- MS ao Cubo 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Presidente Prudente Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 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.
- Lucas Ichiro Yunomae — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Caio Hideaki Sato — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carlos Augusto Gianesi Seller — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.