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Thalison Roberto Ferreira de Sousa

2×2 · top 8.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017SOUS06

Thalison Roberto Ferreira de Sousa has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.42, set at Mato Grande Open 2018, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 265th in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since December 2017, he has put 582 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.53 in December 2017 to 11.63, a 14% improvement. Thalison has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.42
signature single · Mato Grande Open 2018
582
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
2×22.425.31
top 8.1%265 / 5,137
Megaminx59.231:10.26
top 9.6%70 / 1,062
Pyraminx4.516.68
top 10.3%238 / 3,208
3×311.6314.55
top 12.6%658 / 9,644
3×3 one-handed22.1926.38
top 26.6%399 / 1,992
Square-121.7737.81
top 32.0%172 / 647
Skewb7.8413.73
top 40.0%508 / 1,463
4×41:06.051:15.86
top 42.9%608 / 1,855
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves
early days — 1 solve213 / 360
5×52:29.122:39.38
top 65.3%461 / 845
Clock33.9449.76
top 88.8%619 / 723

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

Natal Open 2017: 13.53Paço Alfândega Recife 2018: 13.46Mato Grande Open 2018: 13.86Dunas Open 2018: 12.23Campeonato Interescolar JC 2018: 14.62Parnamirim Open 2018: 13.2010º do Rio Grande do Norte 2018: 12.86II João Câmara Open 2019: 11.63Parnamirim Open 2022: 14.11João Câmara Open 2022: 12.39João Câmara Open 2024: 14.0011.6314.621 Dec 20174 Aug 2024

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 9.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.