People · Brazil
Walter Pereira Rodrigues de Souza
3×3 blindfolded · top 6.5% of 12,178 all-time · competing since March 2010 · 2010SOUZ01
Walter Pereira Rodrigues de Souza has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 38.58, set at SESC Santos 2017, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in Brazil. Until August 2009, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since March 2010, he has put 571 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.03 in March 2010 to 12.12, a 33% improvement. Walter has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 blindfolded | 38.58 | 55.48 | top 6.5% | 15 / 333 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 14 of 16 cubes · 54:40 | — | top 12.6% | 13 / 117 | |
| 3×3 | 12.12 | 14.59 | top 14.3% | 753 / 9,644 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.22 | 31.79 | top 37.4% | 563 / 1,992 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 7:33.94 | — | top 40.8% | 16 / 49 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.53 | 1:27.17 | top 53.9% | 818 / 1,855 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 28:05.00 | — | early days — 3 solves | 13 / 21 | |
| Clock | 39.83 | 53.72 | top 93.1% | 656 / 723 |
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
- 23 Jan 2015Three personal bests in one day at Pré-Mundial 2015.
- 19 Jul 2013Three personal bests in one day at Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2013.
- 16 Jun 2012Three personal bests in one day at Uberlândia Open 2012.
- 5 May 2012Four personal bests in one day at Agulhas Negras Open 2012.
- 27 Aug 2011First sub-15 3×3: 13.81 at Uberlandia Open 2011.
- 27 Aug 2011Four personal bests in one day at Uberlandia Open 2011.
Competitions
- SESC Santos 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Forgotten Culture Open 2017 · 22 Jul 2017
- SESC Gravataí 2017 · 8 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Brasileiro 2016 · 22 Jul 2016
- Torneio Mestre Álvaro de Cubo Mágico 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Uberlândia Open 2015 · 31 Oct 2015
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015 · 17 Jul 2015
- Pré-Mundial 2015 · 23 Jan 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Joana D'Arc Open 2014 · 9 Nov 2014
- Brasileiro Etapa de Inverno 2014 · 25 Jul 2014 — 1 personal best set
- São Paulo Open 2014 · 20 Jun 2014
- SESC Santo Amaro 2014 · 5 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Brasileiro Etapa de Verão 2014 · 31 Jan 2014 — 1 personal best set
- 1º Aberto Valeparaibano de Cubo Mágico 2013 · 30 Nov 2013
- Goiânia Open 2013 · 12 Oct 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Novo Hamburgo Open III 2013 · 5 Oct 2013
- Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2013 · 19 Jul 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- SESC Interlagos 2013 · 15 Jun 2013
- Oficina Open 2013 · 13 Apr 2013 — 1 personal best set
- São Paulo Open 2013 · 25 Jan 2013 — 1 personal best set
- SESC Pompeia 2013 · 19 Jan 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Novo Hamburgo II 2012 · 27 Oct 2012 — 1 personal best set
- SESC Santos 2012 · 20 Jul 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Uberlândia Open 2012 · 16 Jun 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Agulhas Negras Open 2012 · 5 May 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Novo Hamburgo Open 2011 · 19 Nov 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Uberlandia Open 2011 · 27 Aug 2011 — 4 personal bests set
- SESC Santos 2011 · 15 Jul 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- ABC Open 2010 · 20 Mar 2010 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Rafael Werneck Cinoto — met in 111 rounds, finished ahead 75 times
- Allyson Dias de Lima — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 55 times
- Pedro Santos Guimarães — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 8.58 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.