People · Portugal
Vasco Valente Monteiro
3×3 · top 7.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023MONT41
Vasco Valente Monteiro has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.92, set at Luso-Bussaco Open 2024, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 41st in Portugal. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since September 2023, he has put 212 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Vasco has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 9.92 | 11.91 | top 7.3% | 41 / 565 | |
| 2×2 | 3.06 | 3.96 | top 15.0% | 84 / 429 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.33 | 7.38 | top 15.3% | 52 / 269 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.64 | 1:27.00 | top 17.4% | 17 / 112 | |
| 4×4 | 44.70 | 48.49 | top 18.0% | 36 / 228 | |
| Square-1 | 19.23 | 26.60 | top 26.2% | 33 / 98 | |
| 6×6 | 2:39.12 | 2:50.26 | top 30.3% | 14 / 43 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.90 | 29.46 | top 36.7% | 56 / 162 | |
| 7×7 | 4:17.81 | 4:39.06 | top 37.0% | 11 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 12 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at Luso-Bussaco Open 2024.
- 12 Oct 2024Five personal bests in one day at Luso-Bussaco Open 2024.
- 30 Aug 2024Eight personal bests in one day at Portugal Championship 2024.
- 2 Sep 2023First competition: Azeméis Open 2023. A 10.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Luso-Bussaco Open 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Portugal Championship 2024 · 30 Aug 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Alter do Chão Open 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Seomara Cube Fest 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- 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.
- Diogo Miguel Alves Guerreiro — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Pedro Azevedo — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Tiago Morais — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.