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Vinicius Raphael Maximo dos Santos

2×2 · top 6.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014SANT33

Vinicius Raphael Maximo dos Santos has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.26, set at Rubik's Cube Sorocaba 2016, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 215th in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since August 2014, he has put 352 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.08 in August 2014 to 13.99, a 42% improvement. Vinicius has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.26
signature single · Rubik's Cube Sorocaba 2016
352
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
2×22.265.55
top 6.7%215 / 5,137
Pyraminx5.2910.00
top 15.0%358 / 3,208
3×313.9915.42
top 20.9%1,184 / 9,644
Megaminx1:19.671:27.44
top 21.5%159 / 1,062
Skewb6.5010.91
top 29.7%374 / 1,463
4×457.391:04.61
top 33.6%454 / 1,855
3×3 one-handed30.6133.95
top 48.0%765 / 1,992
5×52:06.512:17.32
top 53.3%352 / 845
Square-152.161:07.11
top 78.0%492 / 647
6×65:00.28
early days — 1 solve215 / 307
7×78:43.70
early days — 1 solve212 / 269

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

Mogi Open 2014: 24.08I ETEC Rubik Competition 2015: 19.14Open Cubo Mágico Domus Sapiens 2015: 18.86Open Cubo Mágico Domus Sapiens 2016: 16.64Oficina Open 2016: 16.28Rubik's Cube Sorocaba 2016: 19.04Oficina Open 2017: 14.59Faria Brito Open 2022: 15.75Oficina Open 2022: 14.53Oficina Open 2023: 15.73Divino Open Itu 2024: 13.9913.9924.0830 Aug 201420 Apr 2024

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.29 away.

Targets move as he improves.