People · Brazil
Vinícius Persivo Nogueira
Square-1 · top 3.2% of 25,662 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025NOGU02
Vinícius Persivo Nogueira has been competing for a year. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 8.13, set at SESI Cubatão 2026, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 25,662 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Brazil. Until November 2013, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2025, he has put 158 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His Square-1 best has come down from 23.70 in May 2025 to 8.13, a 66% improvement. He has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 8.13 | 10.73 | top 3.2% | 13 / 656 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.85 | 5.42 | top 7.0% | 168 / 3,311 | |
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 5.36 | top 7.7% | 262 / 5,285 | |
| Clock | 8.12 | 8.99 | top 15.7% | 111 / 741 | |
| 3×3 | 14.27 | 16.76 | top 22.0% | 1,321 / 9,942 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.17 | 31.87 | top 23.8% | 357 / 2,045 | |
| Megaminx | 1:45.91 | 1:58.54 | top 38.2% | 323 / 1,082 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.05 | 1:16.78 | top 48.0% | 731 / 1,884 | |
| 5×5 | 2:03.29 | 2:21.93 | top 51.4% | 338 / 855 |
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, Square-1. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 13 Jun 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.27 at SESI Cubatão 2026.
- 18 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2025.
- 18 May 2025First competition: Aquático Aclimação Open 2025. A 18.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Forgotten O'Clocks II SBC 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cultura Campos do Jordão 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- SESI Cubatão 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Shopping Parque da Cidade 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Mega Geek Festival 2026 · 22 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Aquático Aclimação Open 2025 · 18 May 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.
- Gabriel Vasconcellos Zavrisko dos Santos — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Fabio Bini Graciose — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Leonardo Carvalho Feitosa — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 781 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.