People · Portugal
Rodrigo Xavier de Aquino Tavares
2×2 · top 7.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023TAVA01
Rodrigo Xavier de Aquino Tavares has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.38, set at Portugal Championship 2026, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44th in Portugal. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since April 2023, he has put 705 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.50 in April 2023 to 2.38, a 63% improvement. Rodrigo has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.38 | 4.65 | top 7.8% | 44 / 429 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.19 | 9.57 | top 14.4% | 49 / 269 | |
| 3×3 | 12.30 | 17.50 | top 15.0% | 93 / 565 | |
| Skewb | 5.86 | 10.36 | top 24.7% | 61 / 183 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.44 | 40.48 | top 50.0% | 79 / 162 | |
| Clock | 20.04 | 21.75 | top 64.8% | 91 / 132 | |
| Megaminx | 2:39.61 | 2:57.73 | top 65.9% | 78 / 115 | |
| 4×4 | 1:37.37 | 1:57.95 | top 69.0% | 158 / 228 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 12 Oct 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.32 at Luso-Bussaco Open 2024.
- 30 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Portugal Championship 2024.
- 22 Apr 2023First competition: Lisboa Open 2023. A 18.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Portugal Championship 2026 · 9 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- AEO Moliceiro Open 2026 · 31 Jan 2026
- Maceira Open 2026 · 11 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- CCM Winter Open 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Portugal Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Afonso de Paiva Cube Day 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Luso-Bussaco Open 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- El Tormes Open 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Azeméis Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Arroios Summer 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Damásio Open 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CNSE ao Cubo 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Arraiolos Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Seomara Side & Blind 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Luso-Bussaco Open 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Portugal Championship 2024 · 30 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024
- Alter do Chão Open 2024 · 18 May 2024
- Seomara Cube Fest 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- Azeméis Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Lazarillo Open 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Lisboa Open 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 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.
- Pedro Azevedo — met in 139 rounds, never finished ahead
- António Gomes — met in 120 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Eduardo Pires — met in 115 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.