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Samuel Asafe Ludugel Fagundes

3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015FAGU01

Samuel Asafe Ludugel Fagundes has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.78, set at Canela Verde 2019, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 103rd in Brazil. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2015, he has put 636 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.78 in July 2015 to 7.78, a 34% improvement. Samuel has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.78
signature single · Canela Verde 2019
636
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×37.789.79
top 2.4%103 / 9,644
3×3 one-handed14.8119.31
top 7.7%101 / 1,992
Pyraminx4.046.12
top 7.9%185 / 3,208
4×437.0743.08
top 8.8%92 / 1,855
2×22.533.70
top 9.2%300 / 5,137
Megaminx1:04.841:15.47
top 12.6%98 / 1,062
5×51:17.851:27.51
top 17.4%96 / 845
Skewb5.2111.58
top 19.8%234 / 1,463
Square-121.6040.16
top 31.6%170 / 647
6×63:16.623:42.48
early days — 3 solves118 / 307
7×75:39.36
early days — 1 solve128 / 269
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves
early days — 2 solves276 / 360
3×3 blindfolded5:38.31
early days — 2 solves259 / 333

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

World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 11.78Campeonato Marista de Cubo Mágico 2015: 11.48Torneio Mestre Álvaro de Cubo Mágico 2016: 10.84Brasileiro 2016: 8.92Marista de Cubo Mágico 2016: 10.86Torneio Mestre Álvaro 2017: 9.21I Torneio de Cubo do Praia 2018: 9.22Cubo de Barro 2019: 9.45Canela Verde 2019: 7.78Summer Kube Boulevard Vila Velha 2020: 8.99Capixaba Challenge 2023: 8.607.7811.7817 Jul 201515 Jul 2023

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.