People · Portugal
Nelson Estevão
3×3 · top 10.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2014 · 2014ESTE01
Nelson Estevão has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.00, set at Big CubingItaly 2016, puts him in the top 10.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in Portugal. Across 12 competitions since June 2014, he has put 362 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Nelson has entered twelve 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 | 11.00 | 14.70 | top 10.5% | 62 / 547 | |
| 2×2 | 3.07 | 5.69 | top 15.1% | 71 / 417 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.35 | 34.69 | top 37.7% | 58 / 161 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.23 | 13.62 | top 46.8% | 146 / 262 | |
| 4×4 | 1:25.88 | 1:54.19 | top 60.6% | 134 / 223 | |
| Megaminx | 3:20.49 | — | early days — 3 solves | 97 / 111 |
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.
- 29 Oct 2016Three personal bests in one day at Sébra Open 2016.
- 21 Jun 2014First competition: Portugal Open 2014. A 12.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Portugal Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CCM Baltar Open 2025 · 12 Jul 2025
- Fão Cube Open 2019 · 17 Aug 2019
- Lisboa Open 2018 · 28 Apr 2018
- CLIP Open 2018 · 10 Mar 2018
- Explorarubik 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Sébra Open 2016 · 29 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Big CubingItaly 2016 · 14 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- CLIP Open 2016 · 12 Mar 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Campeonato de Portugal 2015 · 11 Jul 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Coimbra Open 2014 · 22 Nov 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Portugal Open 2014 · 21 Jun 2014
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.
- Vasco Vasconcelos — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- António Gomes — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Didier Batista Ferreira — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.