People · Portugal
Tiago Botelho Ferreira Costa Viana
2×2 · top 4.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025VIAN02
Tiago Botelho Ferreira Costa Viana has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.01, set at Portugal Championship 2026, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27th in Portugal. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2025, he has put 410 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.38 in March 2025 to 2.01, a 54% improvement. Tiago has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.01 | 4.36 | top 4.8% | 27 / 429 | |
| 3×3 | 13.24 | 15.40 | top 18.4% | 114 / 565 | |
| 4×4 | 45.66 | 55.01 | top 19.2% | 37 / 228 | |
| Skewb | 5.37 | 9.15 | top 21.1% | 46 / 183 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.57 | 11.04 | top 24.4% | 88 / 269 | |
| Clock | 10.37 | 11.49 | top 26.8% | 39 / 132 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.89 | 1:50.11 | top 37.6% | 36 / 112 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.85 | 41.56 | top 55.2% | 90 / 162 | |
| 6×6 | 3:37.38 | — | early days — 1 solve | 25 / 43 | |
| Megaminx | 2:37.29 | — | top 64.9% | 76 / 115 | |
| Square-1 | 41.58 | — | top 67.3% | 66 / 98 | |
| 7×7 | 6:07.42 | — | early days — 1 solve | 27 / 42 |
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
- 9 Oct 2026Eight personal bests in one day at Portugal Championship 2026.
- 27 Jun 2026Six personal bests in one day at Almourol Riverside 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at AEO Moliceiro Open 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Portugal Championship 2025.
- 6 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.12 at Cubing in Venteira 2025.
- 12 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at CCM Baltar Open 2025.
Competitions
- Portugal Championship 2026 · 9 Oct 2026 — 8 personal bests set
- Azeméis Open 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Almourol Riverside 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- CNSE ao Cubo 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- AEO Moliceiro Open 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Portugal Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Luso-Bussaco Open 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in Venteira 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CCM Baltar Open 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Arraiolos Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
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.
- Eduardo Pires — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Pedro Azevedo — met in 88 rounds, never finished ahead
- Fausto Claro da Fonte — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.