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Samuel Barbosa Pinheiro

2×2 · top 0.17% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023PINH03

Samuel Barbosa Pinheiro has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.75, set at Criciúma Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.17% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Brazil. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since August 2023, he has put 1,422 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.19 in August 2023 to 0.75, a 76% improvement. Samuel has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.17% of 186,767 all-time
0.75
signature single · Criciúma Open 2025
1,422
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
2×20.752.42
top 0.17%1 / 5,137
Pyraminx2.894.99
top 3.3%80 / 3,208
Skewb2.964.97
top 4.8%57 / 1,463
3×39.1310.90
top 5.2%235 / 9,644
Clock5.606.83
top 6.0%34 / 723
Megaminx1:00.811:11.80
top 10.5%78 / 1,062
4×438.7545.06
top 10.6%118 / 1,855
3×3 one-handed16.7821.77
top 12.0%174 / 1,992
3×3 blindfolded1:00.531:07.20
top 13.2%36 / 333
Square-115.0122.69
top 16.5%81 / 647
5×51:30.341:43.55
top 27.6%150 / 845
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves47.00
top 37.3%117 / 360
4×4 blindfolded7:05.91—
top 37.4%13 / 49
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 6 cubes · 25:36—
top 41.9%45 / 117
6×64:04.31—
early days — 3 solves175 / 307

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

Morro Reuter Cubing 2023: 3.19Criciúma Open 2023: 4.34SESC Camaquã 2023: 3.08Floripa Open 2023: 4.55Osório Guri Cubing 2024: 4.33Morro Reuter em Colônia 2024: 3.54Itajaí ao Cubo 2024: 2.76Morro Reuter Cubing 2024: 2.10Criciúma Open 2024: 2.54Aníbal ao Cubo 2024: 3.01CAU ao Cubo 2024: 2.64Unoesc Chapecó 2024: 2.44Gurizinho em Osório 2025: 1.63Passo Fundo Cubing 2025: 2.40Tatu Open Curitiba 2025: 1.64Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2025: 2.19Morro Reuter Cubing 2025: 2.33Criciúma Open 2025: 0.75Tuparendi Open Quati 2025: 1.81Gurizão em Osório 2026: 2.27Passo Fundo Cubing 2026: 2.06Timbó ao Cubo 2026: 1.52Morro Reuter Cubing 2026: 2.050.754.5519 Aug 202322 Aug 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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.