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Vasco Vasconcelos

3×3 Fewest Moves · top 0.45% of 12,294 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008VASC01

Vasco Vasconcelos has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 19 moves, set at FMC Europe 2024, puts him in the top 0.45% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Portugal. Across 75 competitions since November 2008, he has put 1,810 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.22 in November 2008 to 8.10, an 82% improvement. Vasco has entered 75 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Fewest Moves
best event — top 0.45% of 12,294 all-time
19 moves
signature single · FMC Europe 2024
1,810
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPortugal
3×3 Fewest Moves19 moves22.67
top 0.45%1 / 35
3×3 one-handed11.4018.17
top 2.3%1 / 161
3×38.1010.55
top 3.0%18 / 547
5×555.841:06.60
top 3.7%3 / 110
7×72:39.032:50.51
top 5.3%3 / 38
4×433.5040.08
top 5.4%14 / 223
3×3 blindfolded40.361:07.86
top 6.9%3 / 40
6×61:50.381:59.18
top 7.3%3 / 40
Pyraminx4.206.76
top 8.7%23 / 262
Megaminx57.691:05.97
top 8.8%7 / 111
2×22.994.31
top 14.1%65 / 417
Skewb4.648.36
top 15.5%32 / 175
Clock10.1111.74
top 25.6%34 / 122
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 50:16—
top 32.8%6 / 17
4×4 blindfolded6:42.939:00.93
top 34.7%3 / 11
Square-138.9646.64
top 64.1%59 / 96
5×5 blindfolded45:10.00—
early days — 1 solve6 / 6

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

Portugal Open 2008: 46.22Portugal Open 2009: 15.91Portugal Open 2014: 11.88Coimbra Open 2014: 10.67Campeonato de Portugal 2015: 11.20CLIP Open 2016: 10.86Lisboa Open 2016: 11.04Explorarubik 2017: 10.45CLIP Open 2018: 11.30Lisboa Open 2018: 10.12WCA European Championship 2018: 10.47Rijswijk Open 2018: 9.91CLIP Open 2019: 10.10Rodo Open 2019: 10.23Fão Cube Open 2019: 10.68August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019: 9.92UPM Open 2019: 10.43Aldeílla Mental Breakdown 2022: 10.07Campeonato de España 2022: 11.34Lisboa Open 2023: 8.10Azeméis Open 2023: 9.71Seomara Cube Fest 2024: 10.02Azores Cubikon 2024: 10.02Alter do Chão Open 2024: 8.74Vigo Open 2024: 9.75Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 9.75Portugal Championship 2024: 10.62Sum of Ranks Granada 2024: 9.94Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024: 9.61Seomara Cube Fest 2025: 8.99Damásio Open 2025: 10.00Arroios Summer 2025: 8.98Cubing in Venteira 2025: 10.13Portugal Championship 2025: 9.88Maceira Open 2026: 9.08Arroios Winter 2026: 9.88URJC Open 2026: 9.48Twists & Turns SFRAA 2026: 10.56Seomara Cube Fest 2026: 9.59Cubing at CNPZ - Alcobaça 2026: 9.69Mina de Água NxN 2026: 8.928.1046.2229 Nov 200830 May 2026

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-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.