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Pedro Luiz Ferreira Pires

3×3 one-handed · top 4.6% of 73,695 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017PIRE01

Pedro Luiz Ferreira Pires has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 13.10, set at Schoolmark Open 2018, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 53rd in Brazil. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since April 2017, he has put 722 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.29 in April 2017 to 9.09, a 44% improvement. Pedro has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 4.6% of 73,695 all-time
13.10
signature single · Schoolmark Open 2018
722
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×3 one-handed13.1015.55
top 4.6%53 / 1,992
3×39.0911.24
top 5.1%229 / 9,644
2×22.094.49
top 5.4%168 / 5,137
3×3 blindfolded40.981:29.53
top 7.1%17 / 333
4×441.0349.74
top 13.3%158 / 1,855
Square-114.3717.28
top 15.0%68 / 647
Pyraminx5.7513.48
top 18.1%421 / 3,208
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves45.67
top 37.3%117 / 360
5×51:59.122:08.55
top 48.7%314 / 845
4×4 blindfolded9:25.87—
early days — 2 solves23 / 49
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 5:06—
early days — 1 solve62 / 117
Clock34.4042.77
top 89.2%621 / 723

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

Arnold Classic South America 2017: 16.29Fecap Open 2017: 15.92SESC Santos 2017: 11.43FECA Open 2017: 11.33Arena Curuçá Open 2018: 9.91Arnold Classic South America 2018: 10.80Fecap Open 2018: 16.16Alpha Lumen Open 2018: 10.61Oficina Open 2018: 10.10IV ETEC Jacareí Open 2018: 11.20II Barueri Open 2018: 10.40Schoolmark Open 2018: 9.92Americana Open 2018: 11.13Festival SESC Cubo Mágico 2018: 10.28WCA South American Championship 2018: 10.69Fecap Open 2019: 11.19III Barueri Open 2019: 10.32Schoolmark Open 2019: 10.07Etec Cubatão 2019: 9.09SAJ Águas da Prata 2022: 10.44Colégio Asther Open 2022: 10.50SESI Santos 2022: 9.82Fecap Open 2022: 14.36Festival ONCUBE Lindóia 2022: 12.259.0916.2921 Apr 201711 Dec 2022

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.10 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.