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Yuri Olivan Barbosa de Oliveira

3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019OLIV03

Yuri Olivan Barbosa de Oliveira has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.98, set at Manaus Plaza Open 2023, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 118th in Brazil. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2019, he has put 121 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.06 in March 2019 to 7.98, a 34% improvement. Yuri has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time
7.98
signature single · Manaus Plaza Open 2023
121
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×37.989.06
top 2.8%118 / 9,644
3×3 one-handed14.7415.26
top 7.6%97 / 1,992
2×24.755.94
top 36.1%1,372 / 5,137
3×3 blindfolded2:46.493:35.22
top 48.5%134 / 333
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 9:44
early days — 1 solve66 / 117
Pyraminx13.2317.30
top 74.1%2,026 / 3,208

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

Manaus Cubo Plaza Open 2019: 12.06Santarém Open 2019: 10.84Manaus Plaza Open 2020: 10.24Manaus Plaza Open 2022: 8.88Manaus Plaza Open 2023: 7.987.9812.0616 Mar 201915 Apr 2023

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.