People · Brazil
Samuel Rodrigues Gonçalves do Nascimento
Clock · top 3.4% of 32,817 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025NASC12
Samuel Rodrigues Gonçalves do Nascimento has been competing for a year. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 4.54, set at Partage Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16th in Brazil. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since September 2025, he has put 543 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 4.75 in September 2025 to 2.94, a 38% improvement. Samuel has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 4.54 | 6.29 | top 3.4% | 16 / 741 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.94 | 3.90 | top 3.4% | 86 / 3,311 | |
| 2×2 | 1.91 | 3.22 | top 4.2% | 135 / 5,285 | |
| Skewb | 4.44 | 6.01 | top 14.1% | 166 / 1,493 | |
| 3×3 | 12.13 | 14.53 | top 14.4% | 795 / 9,942 | |
| Square-1 | 17.95 | 21.48 | top 23.3% | 127 / 656 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.71 | 30.15 | top 30.8% | 471 / 2,045 | |
| Megaminx | 1:37.63 | 1:56.64 | top 33.2% | 279 / 1,082 | |
| 4×4 | 59.65 | 1:06.39 | top 36.2% | 510 / 1,884 | |
| 5×5 | 2:06.55 | 2:14.99 | top 53.5% | 356 / 855 | |
| 6×6 | 4:20.45 | 4:39.02 | early days — 3 solves | 191 / 313 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 59 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 343 / 364 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Partage Open 2026.
- 26 Sep 2026Six personal bests in one day at Center Shopping Jacarepaguá Open 2026.
- 19 Sep 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Rio Exxcube Open 2026.
- 15 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cultura Campos do Jordão 2026.
- 18 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Niterói PUD Open 2026.
- 2 May 2026Seven personal bests in one day at FME Campos Open 2026.
Competitions
- Partage Open 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Center Shopping Jacarepaguá Open 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Rio Exxcube Open 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Cultura Campos do Jordão 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Niterói PUD Open 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Desafio Brasileiro de Inverno FMC 2026 · 12 Jul 2026
- FME Campos Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Opentrópolis CEFET 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Itaipu Open 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Paraty Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Paraíso Spring DC 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Araruama Cubing 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 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.
- Pedro Henrique Maciel Ceccopieri Belo (陈昊然) — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Mariana Castro Gonçalves — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Gabriel Sargeiro Gomes de Mello — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Clock single — 754 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.