People · Brazil
Rodrigo Severo Araújo
3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023ARAU07
Rodrigo Severo Araújo has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.27, set at Instituto Apontar Rio 2026, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 261st in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since September 2023, he has put 45 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.23 in September 2023 to 9.27, a 24% improvement. Rodrigo has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.27 | 12.37 | top 5.5% | 261 / 9,644 | |
| 2×2 | 4.44 | 5.98 | top 32.2% | 1,215 / 5,137 | |
| Skewb | 16.61 | 19.17 | top 83.0% | 1,125 / 1,463 |
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
- 16 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.46 at Instituto Apontar Rio 2026.
- 16 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Instituto Apontar Rio 2026.
- 14 Sep 2023First competition: I Cubo CEBEM Alagoas 2023. A 12.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Instituto Apontar Rio 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- I Cubo CEBEM Alagoas 2023 · 14 Sep 2023
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.
- Daniel Lencastre de Souza Quintão — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Pedro Henrique Maciel Ceccopieri Belo (陈昊然) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once
- Gabriel Sargeiro Gomes de Mello — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.