People · Switzerland
Rui Reis
3×3 · top 8.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015REIS02
Rui Reis has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.34, set at Franconia Mini Open A 2023, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 109th in Switzerland. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 81 competitions since March 2015, he has put 1,453 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.34 in March 2015 to 10.34, a 56% improvement. Rui has entered 81 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.34 | 13.45 | top 8.5% | 109 / 1,197 | |
| 4×4 | 48.81 | 55.76 | top 23.2% | 97 / 462 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.78 | 1:47.74 | top 28.8% | 66 / 266 | |
| 2×2 | 5.66 | 8.84 | top 47.2% | 469 / 913 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.19 | 19.21 | top 54.5% | 401 / 655 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:48.16 | 4:51.45 | top 77.7% | 63 / 87 |
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
- 27 May 2017Three personal bests in one day at Hessen Open 2017.
- 19 Jun 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.66 at Strasbourg Open 2016.
- 7 Aug 2015First sub-20 3×3: 19.36 at Torneo Salitre Plaza 2015.
- 29 Mar 2015First competition: Swiss Nationals 2015. A 26.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Munich Open 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- French Championship 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Franconia Winter 2026 · 23 Jan 2026
- Cubing Days Neuburg 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
- Azeméis Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025
- Wiler Würfelfäst 2025 · 16 Mar 2025
- Swiss Science Open 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Cubing Days Neuburg 2024 · 7 Sep 2024
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024
- French Championship 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- Franconia Winter 2024 · 9 Mar 2024
- Bavarian Open 2023 · 3 Nov 2023
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023
- Cubing Returns Munich B 2023 · 9 Jul 2023
- French Championship 2023 · 6 May 2023
- Franconia Mini Open A 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Swiss Science Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022 · 14 Jul 2022
- Franconia Mini Open A 2022 · 11 Jun 2022
- Tigery Open 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Little Village Open 2022 · 29 Jan 2022
- Garidech'Open 2021 · 11 Dec 2021
- Rhein-Neckar Open A 2021 · 16 Oct 2021
- Franconia Winter 2020 · 29 Feb 2020
- Salzburg Open 2020 · 1 Feb 2020
- Tirol Open 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Munich Open 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Monnem City Cubing 2019 · 21 Sep 2019
- Champagne Open 2019 · 7 Sep 2019
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Rhein-Neckar Open 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
- Swiss Nationals 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Elsass Open 2019 · 18 May 2019
- French Championship 2019 · 20 Apr 2019
- Swisscubing Cup II 2019 · 13 Apr 2019
- Swisscubing Cup Final 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
- Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Awesome Bruchsal Cubing 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Paris Open 2018 · 6 Oct 2018
- Monnem City Cubing 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Champagne Open 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- WCA European Championship 2018 · 19 Jul 2018
- Zentralschweiz 2018 · 23 Jun 2018
- Lausanne Euro Qualifier 2018 · 25 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hessen Open 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Elsass Open 2018 · 28 Apr 2018
- French Championship 2018 · 31 Mar 2018
- Swisscubing Cup I 2018 · 3 Mar 2018
- Croissy Open 2018 · 17 Feb 2018
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Belfort Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018
- Nancy Open 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- PSKubing 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Musée suisse du jeu 2017 · 11 Nov 2017
- Munich Open 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Barby Cube 73 Open Automne 2017 · 23 Sep 2017
- Monnem City Cubing 2017 · 16 Sep 2017
- Champagne Open 2017 · 9 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017
- Hessen Open 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Belgium Summer Open 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- French Championship 2017 · 8 Apr 2017
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2017 · 28 Jan 2017
- Opal Open 2016 · 17 Dec 2016
- Nancy Open 2016 · 3 Dec 2016
- Cité des Jeux 2016 · 12 Nov 2016
- Musée suisse du jeu 2016 · 15 Oct 2016
- German Nationals 2016 · 7 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Champagne Open 2016 · 10 Sep 2016
- Swiss Nationals 2016 · 3 Sep 2016 — 1 personal best set
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016 · 15 Jul 2016
- Strasbourg Open 2016 · 19 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Hessen Open 2016 · 7 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiler Würfelfest 2016 · 2 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Phalsbourg Winter Open 2016 · 13 Feb 2016
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2016 · 30 Jan 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Musée suisse du jeu 2015 · 10 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- SwissScience Open 2015 · 26 Sep 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Torneo Salitre Plaza 2015 · 7 Aug 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Palaghiaccio Open 2015 · 10 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Swiss Nationals 2015 · 29 Mar 2015 — 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.
- Leon Schmidtchen — met in 160 rounds, never finished ahead
- Valentin Hoffmann — met in 150 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jules Desjardin — met in 149 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 8.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.