People · Brazil
Samuel Alves dos Santos
3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024SANT16
Samuel Alves dos Santos has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.32, set at Conecta Cubo Goiânia 2025, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 150th in Brazil. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since February 2024, he has put 89 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.96 in February 2024 to 8.32, a 24% improvement. Samuel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.32 | 10.16 | top 3.4% | 150 / 9,644 | |
| 2×2 | 2.90 | 4.67 | top 13.1% | 447 / 5,137 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.17 | 8.26 | top 14.2% | 336 / 3,208 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.23 | 1:13.40 | top 38.9% | 538 / 1,855 |
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
- 31 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.49 at Conecta Cubo Goiânia 2025.
- 31 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at Conecta Cubo Goiânia 2025.
- 24 Feb 2024First competition: Ligerim Goiânia 2024. A 10.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ligerin Goiânia 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- Conecta Cubo Goiânia 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Ligerim Goiânia 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 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.
- Matheus Oliveira Martins — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Thiago Henrique Silva Lemos — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Luiggi Giovanucci — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.