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Rui Alexandre Reis Lopes

3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016LOPE48

Rui Alexandre Reis Lopes has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.88, set at Felgueiras ao Cubo 2026, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29th in Portugal. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since October 2016, he has put 1,512 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 14.62 in October 2016 to 2.02, an 86% improvement. Rui has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.88
signature single · Felgueiras ao Cubo 2026
1,512
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPortugal
3×38.8812.88
top 4.6%29 / 547
Pyraminx3.318.14
top 4.7%11 / 262
2×22.023.60
top 4.9%21 / 417
4×434.6541.64
top 6.4%17 / 223
Skewb4.206.75
top 12.3%27 / 175
5×51:28.441:37.10
top 26.0%22 / 110
Megaminx1:27.091:28.02
top 26.3%26 / 111
Clock10.8512.34
top 29.4%41 / 122
3×3 one-handed23.4930.48
top 30.1%41 / 161
6×62:49.453:07.70
top 35.9%17 / 40
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves42.33
early days — 3 solves15 / 35
Square-124.3128.38
top 37.5%40 / 96
3×3 blindfolded2:14.49—
top 38.1%16 / 40
7×74:50.384:56.60
top 47.8%18 / 38
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 23:03—
early days — 1 solve12 / 17
4×4 blindfolded20:27.00—
early days — 2 solves10 / 11

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

Villanueva Open 2016: 14.62Altasierra 2017: 4.77Explorarubik 2017: 4.37Villanueva Open 2017: 4.07Altasierra 2018: 3.83CLIP Open 2019: 3.59Alter do Chão Open 2024: 2.79Vigo Open 2024: 5.58Portugal Championship 2024: 4.01Luso-Bussaco Open 2024: 3.70Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024: 3.85Ruta Cubera: Camino de Santiago Open 2025: 3.46CNSE ao Cubo 2025: 4.11Ruta Cubera: Isla Cristina Open 2025: 2.02Damásio Open 2025: 2.37CCM Baltar Open 2025: 2.62Vigo Open 2025: 3.66Azeméis Open 2025: 3.03Luso-Bussaco Open 2025: 2.36Portugal Championship 2025: 2.53CCM Winter Open 2025: 2.78Lugo Open 2026: 2.68Maceira Open 2026: 2.77AEO Moliceiro Open 2026: 2.57Ruta Cubera: Lalín Open 2026: 2.85Felgueiras ao Cubo 2026: 2.88CNSE ao Cubo 2026: 3.25Almourol Riverside 2026: 2.87Vigo Open 2026: 3.73Azeméis Open 2026: 3.61Compostela Cubing 2026: 2.542.0214.6229 Oct 20165 Sep 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.