People · Brazil
Samuel Fernandes Pires
2×2 · top 9.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022PIRE02
Samuel Fernandes Pires has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.58, set at Bora Bora Barra Open 2023, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 336th in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since September 2022, he has put 44 official solves on the record across seven events. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.98 in September 2022 to 2.58, a 57% 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 | 2.58 | 5.49 | top 9.8% | 336 / 5,285 | |
| Skewb | 5.33 | 8.65 | top 20.8% | 259 / 1,493 | |
| 3×3 | 20.34 | 24.66 | top 41.0% | 2,716 / 9,942 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.04 | 11.28 | top 53.3% | 1,378 / 3,311 | |
| 4×4 | 1:41.03 | — | top 71.4% | 1,166 / 1,884 | |
| Clock | 24.32 | — | early days — 3 solves | 510 / 741 | |
| Square-1 | 1:11.08 | — | early days — 2 solves | 573 / 656 |
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
- 17 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Bora Bora Barra Open 2023.
- 17 Sep 2022First competition: Planeta.Rio Open 2022. A 23.07 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bora Bora Barra Open 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Planeta.Rio Open 2022 · 17 Sep 2022
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.
- Daniel Schreiber Guimarães — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Gabriel Sargeiro Gomes de Mello — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Pedro Henrique Maciel Ceccopieri Belo (陈昊然) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,481 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.