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Rafael da Silva Rios

2×2 · top 41.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016RIOS02

Rafael da Silva Rios has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.18, set at Schoolmark Open 2018, puts him in the top 41.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,592nd in Brazil. Across 4 competitions since April 2016, he has put 40 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.92 in April 2016 to 22.67, a 48% improvement. Rafael has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 41.6% of 186,767 all-time
5.18
signature single · Schoolmark Open 2018
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
2×25.187.49
top 41.6%1,592 / 5,137
3×322.6725.63
top 47.1%3,114 / 9,644

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

Fecap Open 2016: 43.92Open Cubo Mágico Domus Sapiens 2016: 26.20II Barueri Open 2018: 25.84Schoolmark Open 2018: 22.6722.6743.9216 Apr 201620 Oct 2018

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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.