People · Brazil
Samuel Faustino Paiva
2×2 · top 25.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024PAIV01
Samuel Faustino Paiva has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.91, set at III Teresina Bright Cube 2025, puts him in the top 25.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 938th in Brazil. Across 2 competitions since March 2024, he has put 99 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.44 in March 2024 to 3.91, a 47% improvement. Samuel has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.91 | 6.55 | top 25.4% | 938 / 5,285 | |
| 3×3 | 17.50 | 19.94 | top 32.7% | 2,093 / 9,942 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.28 | 11.99 | top 55.2% | 1,436 / 3,311 | |
| Skewb | 10.46 | 13.25 | top 57.8% | 751 / 1,493 | |
| 4×4 | 1:41.46 | 2:07.38 | top 71.7% | 1,175 / 1,884 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:04.01 | 1:22.87 | top 86.2% | 1,648 / 2,045 |
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
- 15 Nov 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.50 at III Teresina Bright Cube 2025.
- 15 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at III Teresina Bright Cube 2025.
- 9 Mar 2024First competition: I Teresina Bright Cube 2024. A 25.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- III Teresina Bright Cube 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- I Teresina Bright Cube 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Kelson Lopes da Silva — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Raul Cesar Lopes Urquiza — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead twice
- João Padua Moura — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 2.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.