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Ricardo Gomes Castro

2×2 · top 4.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018CAST39

Ricardo Gomes Castro has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.98, set at RioMar Kennedy Fortaleza 2024, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 140th in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since July 2018, he has put 570 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.71 in July 2018 to 10.05, a 27% improvement. Ricardo has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.98
signature single · RioMar Kennedy Fortaleza 2024
570
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
2×21.984.35
top 4.6%140 / 5,137
3×3 blindfolded33.2453.44
top 5.0%11 / 333
3×310.0512.86
top 7.6%375 / 9,644
3×3 one-handed18.2124.78
top 15.6%223 / 1,992
4×453.581:01.70
top 29.0%390 / 1,855
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 5 cubes · 30:56—
top 36.1%37 / 117
Pyraminx8.0812.53
top 36.8%892 / 3,208
5×51:42.082:02.72
top 36.9%213 / 845
Megaminx2:23.722:33.03
top 58.3%523 / 1,062
Skewb10.7718.72
top 59.5%765 / 1,463
Clock29.9436.13
top 84.2%592 / 723
4×4 blindfolded20:00.00—
early days — 1 solve46 / 49
5×5 blindfolded36:30.00—
early days — 1 solve18 / 21

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

Dia da Modalidade Skewb 2018: 13.71RioMar Fortaleza Open 2023: 14.52RioMar Fortaleza II 2023: 13.30Iguatemi Fortaleza 2024: 13.23Iguatemi Fortaleza II 2024: 12.96RioMar Kennedy Fortaleza 2024: 13.70Iguatemi Fortaleza III 2024: 10.05Iguatemi Fortaleza IV 2024: 13.23Kumon Fortaleza 2024: 13.59Iguatemi Fortaleza V 2024: 11.54Natal Mágico RioMar Kennedy Fortaleza 2024: 12.90Cearense 2025: 13.36Campeonato Nordestino ABRACM 2025: 12.5710.0514.527 Jul 201819 Sep 2025

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 3.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.