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Rafael Andrade Dantas de Almeida

2×2 · top 19.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017ALME09

Rafael Andrade Dantas de Almeida has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.42, set at Coelho Open 2023, puts him in the top 19.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 662nd in Brazil. Across 8 competitions since October 2017, he has put 92 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.42 in October 2017 to 14.37, a 53% improvement. Rafael has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 19.2% of 186,767 all-time
3.42
signature single · Coelho Open 2023
92
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
2×23.426.60
top 19.2%662 / 5,137
3×314.3721.87
top 22.3%1,277 / 9,644
Pyraminx7.1713.03
top 29.3%687 / 3,208

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

Villa Open 2017: 30.42Sides Bahia 2018: 32.53Villa Open 2018: 23.13Acarajé Open 2019: 22.65Mini Salvador Open 2019: 16.58Salvador Winter 2022: 14.37Cubing At Pan American School of Bahia 2022: 17.9714.3732.5328 Oct 20175 Nov 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.