People · Brazil
Tacio Anthony Vilela da Silva Souza
2×2 · top 2.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025SOUZ15
Tacio Anthony Vilela da Silva Souza has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.50, set at II Mini Recife Open 2026, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 67th in Brazil. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2025, he has put 100 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 6% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.59 in August 2025 to 1.50, a 73% improvement. Tacio has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.50 | 4.44 | top 2.2% | 67 / 5,285 | |
| 3×3 | 9.84 | 11.16 | top 7.1% | 351 / 9,942 | |
| Megaminx | 1:51.40 | 1:57.03 | top 41.3% | 345 / 1,082 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.97 | 1:21.84 | top 47.9% | 730 / 1,884 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.59 | 48.04 | top 64.8% | 1,148 / 2,045 | |
| 5×5 | 2:32.02 | 2:57.73 | top 66.8% | 487 / 855 |
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
- 12 Sep 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at II Mini Recife Open 2026.
- 17 Jan 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.43 at VII Recife Open 2026.
- 17 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at VII Recife Open 2026.
- 2 Aug 2025First competition: Mini Recife Open 2025. A 15.51 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- II Mini Recife Open 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- VII Recife Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Mini Recife Open 2025 · 2 Aug 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.
- Isaac Luiz Oliveira Duarte Barbosa — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Celso Reis Vasconcelos Landim — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
- Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.