People · Angola
Roger Nataniel Issassa dos Santos
3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023SANT32
Roger Nataniel Issassa dos Santos has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.72, set at IMETRO Open 2026, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Angola. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since May 2023, he has put 344 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Roger has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Angola | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.72 | 9.98 | top 2.3% | 1 / 94 | |
| 4×4 | 29.73 | 38.15 | top 2.7% | 1 / 23 | |
| 2×2 | 2.12 | 4.75 | top 5.6% | 3 / 58 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.42 | 1:14.90 | top 10.5% | 1 / 11 | |
| Megaminx | 1:04.10 | 1:10.47 | top 12.1% | 1 / 13 | |
| Square-1 | 16.29 | 29.11 | top 19.3% | 1 / 6 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.27 | 9.17 | top 22.0% | 7 / 36 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.58 | 25.88 | top 22.1% | 8 / 30 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | 40.33 | top 23.4% | 1 / 6 | |
| 6×6 | 3:11.82 | 3:23.59 | early days — 3 solves | 2 / 5 | |
| 7×7 | 5:14.65 | 5:32.40 | top 55.4% | 2 / 3 | |
| Skewb | 11.72 | 23.41 | top 64.6% | 3 / 10 | |
| Clock | 41.15 | 47.49 | top 93.8% | 2 / 3 |
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
- 23 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Hotel Forum Open 2025.
- 7 May 2023First competition: Luanda Open 2023. A 11.28 3×3 single to start from.
- 7 May 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.22 at Luanda Open 2023.
Competitions
- IMETRO Open 2026 · 4 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube in Luanda 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Lusófono 2025 · 14 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hotel Forum Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Talatona Speedcubing Open 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube in Luanda 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hotel Forum Open 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Big in Luanda 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Brazil-Africa 2024 · 14 Apr 2024
- Luanda Open 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Luanda Open 2023 · 7 May 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.
- Belarmino Eusébio Chalale — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 38 times · head to head
- Vivaldo Cristóvão Roque — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 45 times · head to head
- Ariclenes Ebenézer Dias Manuel — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 33 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.