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Thales Araújo de Souza

3×3 · top 9.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017SOUZ14

Thales Araújo de Souza has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.79, set at Circuito dos Shoppings - Etapa Ponta Negra 2026, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 508th in Brazil. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since October 2017, he has put 664 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.84 in October 2017 to 10.79, a 72% improvement. Thales has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.8% of 284,439 all-time
10.79
signature single · Circuito dos Shoppings - Etapa Ponta Negra 2026
664
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×310.7912.59
top 9.8%508 / 9,644
2×22.954.67
top 13.7%467 / 5,137
3×3 one-handed18.2822.78
top 15.8%226 / 1,992
4×451.4555.92
top 26.5%351 / 1,855
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves48.67
top 37.3%117 / 360
Pyraminx10.3215.83
top 55.5%1,410 / 3,208
5×52:16.182:34.19
top 58.9%401 / 845
Skewb12.7516.89
top 69.6%930 / 1,463
Clock55.111:56.41
top 98.0%702 / 723
6×69:13.039:24.88
early days — 3 solves298 / 307

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

Manaus Plaza Open II 2017: 38.84Tambaqui Plaza Open 2018: 16.67Manaus Cubo Plaza Open 2018: 12.77Manaus Cubo Plaza Open 2019: 14.30Manaus Cubo Plaza Open II 2019: 12.17IFAM Open 2019: 14.37Millennium Open 2020: 12.42Manaus Plaza Open 2020: 12.02Manaus Plaza Open 2023: 12.40Manaus Plaza Open 2025: 13.17Manaus Plaza Open II 2025: 14.28Campeonato Nordestino ABRACM 2025: 13.41Florença ao Cubo 2025: 12.82Cubetec UEA Manaus 2025: 11.93Campeonato Amazonense 2025: 11.41Cube Against Cancer Manaus 2026: 12.96Circuito dos Shoppings - Etapa Ponta Negra 2026: 10.79WCA South American Championship 2026: 11.24Cubetec UEA II Manaus 2026: 10.9810.7938.8421 Oct 20178 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.