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Rafaela Oliveira da Silva

3×3 · top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2012 · 2012SILV23

Rafaela Oliveira da Silva has been competing for 14 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.73, set at Morro Reuter Cubing 2023, puts her in the top 9.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 493rd in Brazil. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since October 2012, she has put 681 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 19.03 in October 2012 to 10.73, a 44% improvement. Rafaela has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time
10.73
signature single · Morro Reuter Cubing 2023
681
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×310.7314.38
top 9.7%493 / 9,644
2×22.996.13
top 14.1%492 / 5,137
Pyraminx7.0212.22
top 28.0%657 / 3,208
3×3 one-handed29.6842.52
top 45.9%718 / 1,992
4×41:16.401:31.60
top 52.9%797 / 1,855
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
early days — 2 solves249 / 360

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

Novo Hamburgo II 2012: 19.03São Paulo Open 2013: 17.78SESC Interlagos 2013: 14.88Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2013: 14.11Novo Hamburgo Open III 2013: 14.52Brasileiro Etapa de Verão 2014: 14.55Brasileiro Etapa de Inverno 2014: 14.36Porto Alegre Open 2014: 13.27Pré-Mundial 2015: 12.68World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 13.72Porto Alegre Open 2015: 12.99SESC Gravataí 2016: 15.07Brasileiro 2016: 14.50Sesc Camaquã 2016: 12.85Porto Alegre Open 2016: 15.66SESC Gravataí 2017: 15.50Feevale NH Open 2017: 15.90Porto Alegre Open 2017: 14.92SESC Gravataí 2019: 14.43Tchê Math Cube 2019: 16.63Morro Reuter Cubing 2023: 10.73SESC Camaquã 2023: 12.16Osório Guri Cubing 2024: 11.89Morro Reuter em Colônia 2024: 11.12Gurizão em Osório 2026: 13.7510.7319.0327 Oct 201230 Jan 2026

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.99 away.

Targets move as she improves.