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Wendel Rocha de Oliveira

3×3 · top 7.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2013 · 2013OLIV14

Wendel Rocha de Oliveira has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.95, set at Sumaré Open 2019, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 370th in Brazil. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since May 2013, he has put 726 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.90 in May 2013 to 9.95, a 23% improvement. Wendel has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.3% of 288,433 all-time
9.95
signature single · Sumaré Open 2019
726
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×39.9513.33
top 7.3%370 / 9,942
3×3 one-handed14.9518.97
top 8.1%115 / 2,045
2×23.066.26
top 15.0%534 / 5,285
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves41.67
top 23.5%78 / 364
4×459.691:04.34
top 36.2%511 / 1,884
Pyraminx9.2914.00
top 47.3%1,207 / 3,311
5×52:27.682:35.02
top 64.8%459 / 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

DRACO 2013: 12.90Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2013: 14.88Novo Hamburgo Open III 2013: 12.04Goiânia Open 2013: 14.02Faria Brito Open 2014: 13.18Brasilia Open 2014: 15.40São Paulo Open 2014: 14.59Brasileiro Etapa de Inverno 2014: 13.38Uberlândia Open 2014: 11.79Pré-Mundial 2015: 11.76Oficina Open 2015: 11.65Brasilia Open 2015: 12.40Esquenta para o Mundial 2015: 12.41World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 12.06Fortaleza Open 2015: 12.51Brasília Open 2016: 12.39Oficina Open 2016: 12.18Brasileiro 2016: 11.91Sumaré Open 2017: 13.02Campeonato Brasileiro 2018: 11.14Brasília Winter 2018: 12.31Festival SESC Cubo Mágico 2018: 13.27Sumaré Open 2019: 9.95Planeta do Saber 2.0 2019: 13.939.9515.4025 May 201327 Jul 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 2.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.