People · Brazil
Rafael Derrico dos Santos Abreu
2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2014 · 2014ABRE01
Rafael Derrico dos Santos Abreu has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.68, set at SESC Santo Amaro 2015, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 97th in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since January 2014, he has put 469 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.90 in January 2014 to 11.24, a 62% improvement. Rafael has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.68 | 4.24 | top 3.0% | 97 / 5,137 | |
| 3×3 | 11.24 | 14.06 | top 11.2% | 590 / 9,644 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.88 | 10.46 | top 19.1% | 450 / 3,208 | |
| 4×4 | 58.16 | 1:02.25 | top 34.5% | 472 / 1,855 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.50 | 32.96 | top 38.1% | 575 / 1,992 | |
| Skewb | 8.14 | 12.51 | top 42.4% | 529 / 1,463 | |
| 5×5 | 2:33.40 | 2:59.12 | top 67.4% | 488 / 845 | |
| Square-1 | 53.03 | 1:03.04 | top 78.7% | 497 / 647 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 57 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 329 / 360 | |
| Megaminx | 4:54.52 | — | early days — 2 solves | 991 / 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
- 24 Jul 2015First sub-15 3×3: 12.41 at SESC Santos 2015.
- 4 Jul 2015Three personal bests in one day at Colégio IPÊ 2015.
- 17 Jan 2015Three personal bests in one day at SESC Santo Amaro 2015.
- 20 Jun 2014Three personal bests in one day at São Paulo Open 2014.
- 5 Apr 2014First sub-20 3×3: 18.84 at SESC Santo Amaro 2014.
- 31 Jan 2014First competition: Brasileiro Etapa de Verão 2014. A 29.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Desafio Hungria em SP 2025 · 14 Jun 2025
- Desafio de Verão 2018 · 4 Mar 2018
- Forgotten Culture Open 2017 · 22 Jul 2017
- II ETEC 2016 · 13 Aug 2016
- Open Cubo Mágico Domus Sapiens 2016 · 21 May 2016
- Fecap Open 2016 · 16 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Latin America 2016 · 31 Jan 2016
- Big Pine Open 2015 · 5 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Open Cubo Mágico Domus Sapiens 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- I ETEC Rubik Competition 2015 · 16 Aug 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- SESC Santos 2015 · 24 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015 · 17 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Colégio IPÊ 2015 · 4 Jul 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- FECAP Open 2015 · 11 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Pré-Mundial 2015 · 23 Jan 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- SESC Santo Amaro 2015 · 17 Jan 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Joana D'Arc Open 2014 · 9 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- São Paulo Open 2014 · 20 Jun 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- SESC Santo Amaro 2014 · 5 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Brasileiro Etapa de Verão 2014 · 31 Jan 2014
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.
- Henry Hideki Goya — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Rubix Azevedo Martins da Silva — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 47 times
- Lucas Ichiro Yunomae — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.