People · Portugal
Sérgio Leonardo Gaocho
Clock · top 5.2% of 32,048 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024GAOC01
Sérgio Leonardo Gaocho has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 5.30, set at Arroios Summer 2025, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Portugal. Until December 2011, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2024, he has put 165 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 3×3 best has come down from 20.67 in May 2024 to 12.26, a 41% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 5.30 | 7.90 | top 5.2% | 4 / 122 | |
| 3×3 | 12.26 | 14.79 | top 14.8% | 88 / 547 | |
| 2×2 | 3.33 | 6.32 | top 18.1% | 88 / 417 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.17 | 28.45 | top 34.7% | 51 / 161 | |
| 4×4 | 59.26 | 1:13.74 | top 35.7% | 80 / 223 | |
| Skewb | 7.67 | 9.82 | top 38.8% | 85 / 175 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.34 | 13.72 | top 55.7% | 167 / 262 | |
| Megaminx | 3:06.55 | — | early days — 2 solves | 91 / 111 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:45.29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 28 / 40 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Arroios Summer 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.69 at Arraiolos Open 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Arraiolos Open 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Seomara Side & Blind 2025.
- 21 Dec 2024First sub-20 3×3: 16.71 at Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024.
- 18 May 2024First competition: Alter do Chão Open 2024. A 20.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Arroios Winter 2026 · 7 Feb 2026
- Boards & Cubes Venteira II 2025 · 18 Jul 2025
- Arroios Summer 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Boards & Cubes Venteira 2025 · 30 May 2025
- Arraiolos Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Seomara Side & Blind 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Alter do Chão Open 2024 · 18 May 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.
- Diogo Miguel Alves Guerreiro — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Kiary Roque Russo — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
- Eduardo Pires — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.