People · Brazil
Yafah Nicole Aquino Pontes
2×2 · top 1.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022PONT02
Yafah Nicole Aquino Pontes has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.27, set at IV Teresina Bright Cube 2026, puts her in the top 1.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34th in Brazil. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2022, she has put 169 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 23.93 in July 2022 to 12.45, a 48% improvement. Yafah has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.27 | 5.33 | top 1.3% | 34 / 5,285 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.96 | 7.30 | top 12.9% | 319 / 3,311 | |
| 3×3 | 12.45 | 12.86 | top 15.5% | 868 / 9,942 | |
| Clock | 13.88 | 17.73 | top 43.3% | 295 / 741 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.71 | 53.42 | top 52.8% | 870 / 2,045 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.69 | 1:28.79 | top 58.1% | 912 / 1,884 |
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
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.73 at II Teresina Bright Cube 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024First sub-20 3×3: 16.07 at I Teresina Bright Cube 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at I Teresina Bright Cube 2024.
- 22 Jul 2022First competition: Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2022. A 23.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- IV Teresina Bright Cube 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- III Teresina Bright Cube 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- I IFMA ao Cubo 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- II Teresina Bright Cube 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- I Teresina Bright Cube 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2022 · 22 Jul 2022
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 her.
- Raul Cesar Lopes Urquiza — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Huérllen Vicente Lemos e Silva — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- João Padua Moura — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as she improves.