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Rafael Silva de Paula

3×3 · top 18.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022PAUL13

Rafael Silva de Paula has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.34, set at Etec Cubatão 2023, puts him in the top 18.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,033rd in Brazil. Across 3 competitions since November 2022, he has put 15 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.14 in November 2022 to 13.34, a 45% improvement. Rafael has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.6% of 284,439 all-time
13.34
signature single · Etec Cubatão 2023
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×313.3416.22
top 18.6%1,033 / 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

Taipas Open 2022: 24.14Vila Anglo 2023: 17.38Etec Cubatão 2023: 13.3413.3424.1427 Nov 202223 Sep 2023

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.