People · Brazil
Rafael Silva Carvalho
3×3 · top 1.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022CARV03
Rafael Silva Carvalho has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.30, set at AXÉzinho 3x3 - Lauro 2026, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 68th in Brazil. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since July 2022, he has put 506 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.17 in July 2022 to 7.30, a 57% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.30 | 9.85 | top 1.7% | 68 / 9,942 | |
| 2×2 | 2.16 | 2.49 | top 5.9% | 196 / 5,285 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.68 | 6.03 | top 6.2% | 141 / 3,311 | |
| 4×4 | 39.73 | 41.90 | top 11.9% | 140 / 1,884 | |
| Skewb | 4.92 | 7.15 | top 17.6% | 216 / 1,493 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.33 | 23.40 | top 18.8% | 280 / 2,045 | |
| Clock | 10.06 | 13.49 | top 25.2% | 166 / 741 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.06 | 1:54.25 | top 35.5% | 205 / 855 | |
| Megaminx | 2:40.23 | — | early days — 1 solve | 621 / 1,082 |
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
- 8 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at 24 Horas em Salvador 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.76 at UFBA IV 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at UFBA IV 2024.
- 20 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.24 at UFBA 2023.
- 20 Jan 2023Five personal bests in one day at UFBA 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Cubing At Pan American School of Bahia 2022.
Competitions
- IFBA 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- AXÉzinho 3x3 - Lauro 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UFBA IX 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UFBA VIII - Você Escolhe 2026 · 24 Jan 2026
- IFBA 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lauro ao Cubo 2025 · 20 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- MaSSA Skewb Open 2025 · 26 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Master Cube Salvador A 2024 · 13 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lauro ao Cubo 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UFBA VI 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- 24 Horas em Salvador 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- UFBA IV 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Master Cube Salvador 2023 · 15 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UFBA III - Dois Lados 2023 · 2 Dec 2023
- Campeonato Brasileiro 2023 · 13 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UFBA II 2023 · 28 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Coelho Open 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UFBA 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing At Pan American School of Bahia 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Salvador Winter 2022 · 16 Jul 2022
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.
- João Vinícius Santos — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Suzane Coelho — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Kalani Oliveira — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.