People · Brazil
Samuel Capanema Gloria
Pyraminx · top 3.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025GLOR01
Samuel Capanema Gloria has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.02, set at Campeonato Mineiro 2026, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 87th in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2025, he has put 228 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.79 in May 2025 to 3.80, a 34% improvement. Samuel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.02 | 5.91 | top 3.7% | 87 / 3,208 | |
| Skewb | 3.41 | 5.36 | top 7.2% | 75 / 1,463 | |
| Clock | 7.49 | 8.96 | top 12.9% | 83 / 723 | |
| 3×3 | 12.00 | 13.59 | top 13.9% | 731 / 9,644 | |
| 2×2 | 3.80 | 4.44 | top 23.9% | 852 / 5,137 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.39 | 29.81 | top 29.8% | 445 / 1,992 | |
| Square-1 | 26.72 | 39.73 | top 42.9% | 242 / 647 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.08 | 1:20.19 | top 42.9% | 610 / 1,855 | |
| Megaminx | 2:02.89 | 2:19.59 | top 47.4% | 408 / 1,062 |
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
- 1 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Campeonato Mineiro 2026.
- 14 Mar 2026First sub-15 3×3: 12.00 at Opentrópolis CEFET 2026.
- 14 Mar 2026Five personal bests in one day at Opentrópolis CEFET 2026.
- 20 Sep 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.99 at Desafio Nipo-Brasileiro BH 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025Nine personal bests in one day at Desafio Nipo-Brasileiro BH 2025.
- 31 May 2025First competition: Paraíso Fall DC 2025. A 21.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Niterói PUD Open 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Campeonato Mineiro 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Pampulha Open 2026 · 22 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Opentrópolis CEFET 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Campeonato Beneficente Na Esquina BH 2025 · 14 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Desafio Nipo-Brasileiro BH 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 9 personal bests set
- Paraíso Fall DC 2025 · 31 May 2025
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.
- Diego Eiji Akatsuka Mizuta — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Gabriel Assis Rios — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- João Borba Alvares da Silva — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.