People · Portugal
Samuel Eduardo Hernandez Araujo
Pyraminx · top 9.8% of 130,891 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024ARAU10
Samuel Eduardo Hernandez Araujo has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.41, set at Azeméis Open 2025, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in Portugal. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2024, he has put 214 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 7.36 in August 2024 to 4.41, a 40% improvement. Samuel has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.41 | 5.47 | top 9.8% | 30 / 269 | |
| 2×2 | 3.37 | 8.97 | top 18.7% | 105 / 429 | |
| Skewb | 5.27 | 9.91 | top 20.3% | 43 / 183 | |
| Clock | 13.42 | 19.04 | top 41.4% | 67 / 132 | |
| 3×3 | 22.80 | 24.84 | top 47.5% | 289 / 565 | |
| Megaminx | 2:22.46 | — | top 57.8% | 66 / 115 | |
| 4×4 | 1:41.53 | 2:05.68 | top 71.7% | 164 / 228 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in Venteira 2025.
- 23 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Azeméis Open 2025.
- 30 Aug 2024First competition: Portugal Championship 2024. A 25.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Portugal Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Cubing in Venteira 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Azeméis Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Arroios Summer 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Alter do Chão Open 2025 · 17 May 2025
- Seomara Cube Fest 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Arraiolos Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Portugal Championship 2024 · 30 Aug 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.
- Eduardo Pires — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Miguel Duarte Afonso Pais — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Diogo Miguel Alves Guerreiro — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.