People · Brazil
Paulo Sérgio Amorim Mônico
3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024MONI02
Paulo Sérgio Amorim Mônico has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.19, set at II Colatina Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 246th in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2024, he has put 272 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.99 in March 2024 to 9.19, a 16% improvement. Paulo has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.19 | 10.91 | top 5.3% | 246 / 9,644 | |
| 2×2 | 2.79 | 3.68 | top 11.9% | 403 / 5,137 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.82 | 28.49 | top 31.0% | 462 / 1,992 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.46 | 12.91 | top 31.7% | 744 / 3,208 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.02 | 1:30.52 | top 54.3% | 828 / 1,855 | |
| Megaminx | 2:31.58 | 2:33.48 | top 61.9% | 567 / 1,062 |
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 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at II Colatina Open 2025.
- 4 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Vitória Challenge 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Samuel Asafe 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024First competition: Colatina Agil Open 2024. A 12.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sudestão ABRACM 2025 · 21 Nov 2025
- Montserrat Open Serra 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- II Colatina Open 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CEMS ao Cubo Vila Velha 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Vitória Challenge 2024 · 4 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Esporte por Vitória 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Samuel Asafe 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Colatina Agil Open 2024 · 9 Mar 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.
- Luiz Henrique Gaspar Peters — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Rafael Hiroshi Eguchi Neves — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead once
- Valfrido Torres Quintanilha Netto — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.