People · Angola
Rui Verona Issassa dos Santos
2×2 · top 38.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023SANT33
Rui Verona Issassa dos Santos has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.95, set at Talatona Speedcubing Open 2025, puts him in the top 38.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18th in Angola. Across 8 competitions since May 2023, he has put 102 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 11.42 in May 2023 to 4.95, a 57% improvement. Rui has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Angola | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.95 | 10.58 | top 38.7% | 18 / 58 | |
| 3×3 | 21.75 | 24.90 | top 44.8% | 41 / 94 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.87 | 31.25 | top 66.4% | 24 / 36 |
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
- 24 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Hotel Forum Open 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024First sub-30 3×3: 28.17 at Luanda Open 2024.
- 7 May 2023First competition: Luanda Open 2023. A 48.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- IMETRO Open 2026 · 4 Jul 2026
- Cube in Luanda 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Hotel Forum Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Talatona Speedcubing Open 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube in Luanda 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hotel Forum Open 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Luanda Open 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Luanda Open 2023 · 7 May 2023
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.
- Roger Nataniel Issassa dos Santos — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Belarmino Eusébio Chalale — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carlos Junior de Carvalho Correia — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.