People · Brazil
Thales Cercal
2×2 · top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2016 · 2016CERC01
Thales Cercal has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.25, set at Londrina Open 2017, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in Brazil. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since September 2016, he has put 94 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.13 in September 2016 to 1.25, an 85% improvement. Thales 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 | 1.25 | 4.99 | top 1.2% | 28 / 5,137 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.54 | 11.79 | top 32.4% | 773 / 3,208 | |
| 3×3 | 21.26 | 24.25 | top 43.4% | 2,815 / 9,644 | |
| Skewb | 10.40 | 18.38 | top 57.4% | 735 / 1,463 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.74 | 59.07 | top 73.5% | 1,317 / 1,992 | |
| 4×4 | 2:02.77 | 2:24.09 | top 82.9% | 1,408 / 1,855 |
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
- 25 Mar 2017Six personal bests in one day at Londrina Open 2017.
- 24 Sep 2016First competition: Criciúma Open 2016. A 25.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Londrina Open 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Capivara 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Criciúma Open 2016 · 24 Sep 2016
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.
- Fabio Bini Graciose — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Key Yu Wan — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aharon Campoli Tono — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.