People · Portugal
Tiago Miguel Lopes Santos
3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023SANT84
Tiago Miguel Lopes Santos has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.83, set at Seomara Cube Fest 2024, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26th in Portugal. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since September 2023, he has put 87 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.09 in September 2023 to 8.83, a 20% improvement. Tiago 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 | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.83 | 11.42 | top 4.5% | 26 / 547 | |
| 2×2 | 3.76 | 5.05 | top 23.5% | 113 / 417 | |
| 4×4 | 1:16.11 | 1:33.28 | top 52.6% | 117 / 223 | |
| 5×5 | 2:09.28 | 2:30.51 | top 55.0% | 57 / 110 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.24 | 13.92 | top 62.2% | 179 / 262 | |
| Skewb | 12.71 | 16.18 | top 69.4% | 137 / 175 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:14.65 | — | early days — 2 solves | 142 / 161 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 24 Feb 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.75 at Seomara Cube Fest 2024.
- 24 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Seomara Cube Fest 2024.
- 2 Sep 2023First competition: Azeméis Open 2023. A 11.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024 · 21 Dec 2024
- Seomara Cube Fest 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Azeméis Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
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.
- Pedro Azevedo — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tiago Morais — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Marta Fernandes Cid — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.