People · Brazil
Rodrigo Souza Gomes
4×4 · top 9.7% of 83,917 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024GOME26
Rodrigo Souza Gomes has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 37.88, set at Twists & Turns SFRAA 2026, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 103rd in Brazil. Until October 2009, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2024, he has put 74 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 4×4 best has come down from 54.52 in May 2024 to 37.88, a 31% improvement. Rodrigo has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 37.88 | 44.18 | top 9.7% | 103 / 1,855 | |
| 3×3 | 12.35 | 13.85 | top 15.1% | 804 / 9,644 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.75 | 31.99 | top 41.3% | 641 / 1,992 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.39 | 2:07.64 | top 43.6% | 262 / 845 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.57 | 17.62 | top 49.6% | 1,237 / 3,208 |
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, 4×4. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 May 2024First competition: Alter do Chão Open 2024. A 13.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Twists & Turns SFRAA 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Alter do Chão Open 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Portugal Championship 2024 · 30 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Alter do Chão Open 2024 · 18 May 2024
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.
- Diogo Miguel Alves Guerreiro — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Pedro Azevedo — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Salvador Duarte Marques da Graça — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.88 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.