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Rafael Sekia de Souza

2×2 · top 10.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014SOUZ06

Rafael Sekia de Souza has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.70, set at Brasilia Open 2015, puts him in the top 10.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 362nd in Brazil. Across 6 competitions since May 2014, he has put 245 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.13 in May 2014 to 12.51, a 17% improvement. Rafael has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 10.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.70
signature single · Brasilia Open 2015
245
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
2×22.704.59
top 10.9%362 / 5,137
3×312.5115.71
top 15.7%837 / 9,644
Pyraminx6.5410.34
top 24.2%565 / 3,208
Megaminx1:29.231:42.57
top 27.7%222 / 1,062
3×3 one-handed26.1032.23
top 37.1%557 / 1,992
4×41:03.871:11.36
top 40.5%566 / 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

Brasilia Open 2014: 15.13Brasilia Open 2015: 15.75Brasilia Spring 2015: 12.51Brasília Open 2016: 12.98Brasília Spring 2017: 15.62Brasília Winter 2019: 13.8412.5115.7517 May 201417 Aug 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.