People · Brazil
Raul Cesar Lopes Urquiza
3×3 · top 4.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019URQU01
Raul Cesar Lopes Urquiza has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.84, set at I Bacabal Open 2024, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 207th in Brazil. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since October 2019, he has put 403 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.30 in October 2019 to 8.84, a 34% improvement. Raul has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 8.84 | 11.76 | top 4.5% | 207 / 9,942 | |
| 2×2 | 2.15 | 4.51 | top 5.9% | 191 / 5,285 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.17 | 6.52 | top 8.6% | 210 / 3,311 | |
| 4×4 | 38.92 | 44.37 | top 10.9% | 126 / 1,884 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.71 | 23.14 | top 22.5% | 333 / 2,045 | |
| Skewb | 6.40 | 11.83 | top 29.0% | 373 / 1,493 | |
| Megaminx | 2:46.63 | 4:03.05 | top 68.9% | 657 / 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
- 19 May 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.84 at I Bacabal Open 2024.
- 19 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at I Bacabal Open 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024Seven personal bests in one day at I Teresina Bright Cube 2024.
- 26 Oct 2023Five personal bests in one day at VIII CUBIFMA 2023.
- 24 Oct 2019First competition: IV CUBIFMA 2019. A 14.33 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- IV Teresina Bright Cube 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- X CUBIFMA 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- III Teresina Bright Cube 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- IX CUBIFMA 2024 · 29 Nov 2024
- II Teresina Bright Cube 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- I Bacabal Open 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- I Teresina Bright Cube 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- VIII CUBIFMA 2023 · 26 Oct 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- IV CUBIFMA 2019 · 24 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Italo Mateus Cardoso Da Silva — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 21 times · head to head
- Huérllen Vicente Lemos e Silva — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 49 times · head to head
- João Padua Moura — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.