People · Brazil
Rafael Nunes Santana
3×3 · top 60.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023SANT49
Rafael Nunes Santana has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 28.86, set at Pequi Open Goiânia 2024, puts him in the top 60.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,319th in Brazil. Across 7 competitions since June 2023, he has put 64 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.67 in June 2023 to 28.86, a 27% improvement. Rafael has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 28.86 | 36.54 | top 60.5% | 4,319 / 9,644 | |
| 2×2 | 7.22 | 9.27 | top 62.2% | 2,575 / 5,137 | |
| 4×4 | 2:22.72 | — | top 89.9% | 1,558 / 1,855 |
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
- 29 Dec 2023First sub-30 3×3: 29.15 at Saideira Brasília 2023.
- 24 Jun 2023First competition: Flor de Lis Goiás 2023. A 39.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ligerim Goiânia 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Pequi Open Goiânia 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Campeonato do Cerrado ABRACM 2024 · 17 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ligerim Goiânia 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Saideira Brasília 2023 · 29 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cerrado Open 2023 · 8 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Flor de Lis Goiás 2023 · 24 Jun 2023
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.
- Luiggi Giovanucci — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- João Luiz Melo Novaes — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- João Victtor Rocha Leite — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 3.86 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.