People · Brazil
Rafael Barbosa Soares
3×3 · top 58.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2026 · 2026SOAR01
Rafael Barbosa Soares has been competing for 8 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.74, set at IFMG Betim Open 2026, puts him in the top 58.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,111th in Brazil. Across 1 competition since January 2026, he has put 28 official solves on the record across seven events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 27.74 | 31.75 | top 58.3% | 4,111 / 9,644 | |
| Skewb | 11.21 | 18.66 | top 61.9% | 803 / 1,463 | |
| 2×2 | 7.84 | 10.42 | top 66.8% | 2,821 / 5,137 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.08 | 27.76 | top 67.7% | 1,802 / 3,208 | |
| 4×4 | 1:54.20 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,313 / 1,855 | |
| Square-1 | 1:14.61 | 1:27.75 | top 90.8% | 573 / 647 | |
| 5×5 | 3:56.18 | — | early days — 1 solve | 711 / 845 |
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 story so far
- 17 Jan 2026First competition: IFMG Betim Open 2026. A 27.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- IFMG Betim Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026
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.
- Eduardo de Carvalho Vieira — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Diego Eiji Akatsuka Mizuta — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gabriel Assis Rios — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.74 away.
- A sub-10 Skewb single — 40,263 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.