People · Brazil
Yafah Nicole Aquino Pontes
3×3 · top 15.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022PONT02
Yafah Nicole Aquino Pontes has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.45, set at III Teresina Bright Cube 2025, puts her in the top 15.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 824th in Brazil. Across 5 competitions since July 2022, she has put 139 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 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 five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 12.45 | 12.86 | top 15.5% | 824 / 9,644 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.66 | 7.30 | top 17.5% | 411 / 3,208 | |
| 2×2 | 3.95 | 5.33 | top 25.9% | 932 / 5,137 | |
| Clock | 13.88 | 17.73 | top 43.3% | 282 / 723 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.71 | 53.42 | top 52.7% | 851 / 1,992 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.69 | 1:28.79 | top 58.1% | 892 / 1,855 |
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, 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
- 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.
- João Padua Moura — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Kelson Lopes da Silva — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Raul Cesar Lopes Urquiza — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as she improves.