People · Brazil
Renan Gonçalves Melo
2×2 · top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015MELO03
Renan Gonçalves Melo has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.44, set at Manaus Plaza Open 2016, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 52nd in Brazil. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since October 2015, he has put 715 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.64 in October 2015 to 8.35, a 39% improvement. Renan has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.44 | 3.29 | top 1.9% | 52 / 5,137 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.78 | 15.20 | top 2.7% | 25 / 1,992 | |
| 3×3 | 8.35 | 10.38 | top 3.4% | 151 / 9,644 | |
| Skewb | 4.74 | 8.26 | top 16.2% | 191 / 1,463 | |
| 4×4 | 45.79 | 58.63 | top 19.3% | 242 / 1,855 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.03 | 10.77 | top 20.2% | 468 / 3,208 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 173 / 360 | |
| Megaminx | 2:18.15 | 2:31.82 | top 55.4% | 488 / 1,062 |
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
- 14 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Manaus Cubo Plaza Open II 2019.
- 16 Mar 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Manaus Cubo Plaza Open 2019.
- 3 Mar 2018Four personal bests in one day at Tambaqui Plaza Open 2018.
- 21 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at Manaus Plaza Open II 2017.
- 3 Sep 2016Five personal bests in one day at Manaus Plaza Open 2016.
- 3 Oct 2015First competition: CBPS Open 2015. A 14.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Circuito dos Shoppings - Etapa Ponta Negra 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Circuito dos Shoppings - Etapa Sumaúma 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Florença ao Cubo 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Manaus Plaza Open II 2025 · 16 Aug 2025
- Manaus Plaza Open 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- Manaus Plaza Open 2020 · 14 Mar 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Millennium Open 2020 · 26 Jan 2020
- IFAM Open 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Manaus Cubo Plaza Open II 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Manaus Cubo Plaza Open 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Manaus Cubo Plaza Open 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Tambaqui Plaza Open 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Manaus Plaza Open II 2017 · 21 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Manaus Plaza Open 2017 · 8 Apr 2017
- Manaus Plaza Open 2016 · 3 Sep 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- CBPS Open 2015 · 3 Oct 2015 — 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.
- Gabriel Silva dos Santos — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 68 times
- Thales Araújo de Souza — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 71 times · head to head
- Antonio Gabriel Freitas da Silva — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.