cubizh
Veteran
For information purposes, I leave here some stats about brazilian cubers that some of you may not know.
I counted brazilian presences in all the events top100 average (except for a few events where single was taken, for comparison purposes).
(using WCA export 416)
Of these names, I would like to highlight Gabriel Dechichi Barbar, that is top100 average for 2x2, 3x3, 3BLD, OH and MultiBLD, and the real underwater 3x3 solving record holder with 8 cubes (that I know of).
I would also like to highlight Gabriel Pereira Campanha which holds currently 2 World Records (Single and Average) for Rubik's Cube: with feet.
Also, Walter Pereira Rodrigues de Souza which is the creator of the well known Prisma Puzzle Timer.
Chan Hong Lik is also top100 already in one event, which is well known in the community for his (at this point in time) increadibly young age.
Finally, I would like to highlight the work of Rafael Cinoto and Pedro Santos Guimarães, two of the brazilian delegates which contributions to the community are too vast to mention on this post.
Also, for comparison, I did the same study for Thailand at the end of 2010:
Thailand had a few elite cubers back in 2010, but they had only 13 events with top100 people, spread through 14 competitors, as opposed to Brazil now, having 17 events with top100 presences (18 if you count skewb), spread through 21 competitors. Thailand also didn't have any official world records at the time. I don't think the two are exactly comparable, but the scenery is not so outrageously different in the competitiveness aspects of the host country to cause the upset this thread has been demonstrating about lack of fast people in Brazil.
I counted brazilian presences in all the events top100 average (except for a few events where single was taken, for comparison purposes).
(using WCA export 416)
[TABLE="class:grid,align:left"]
[TR][TD] Event [/TD][TD] top100 [/TD][TD] Competitor(s) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333 [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Gabriel Dechichi Barbar [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 444 [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Pedro Henrique Da Silva Roque [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 555 [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Pedro Henrique Da Silva Roque [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 222 [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Gabriel Dechichi Barbar [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333bf (Single) [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][TD] Gabriel Dechichi Barbar, Walter Pereira Rodrigues de Souza [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333oh [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Gabriel Dechichi Barbar [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333fm (Single) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] João Pedro Batista Ribeiro Costa [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333ft [/TD][TD] 7 [/TD][TD] Gabriel Pereira Campanha, Rafael Werneck Cinoto, Gilson Sousa da Silva, Diego Bojunga Meneghetti, Felipe Baldívio Freires, Chan Hong Lik, Rafaela Oliveira da Silva [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] minx [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] Fabiano Pinheiro de Oliveira, Ronan Felipe Jorge, Gustavo Silva Sousa [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] pyram [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] Samuel Antônio Araújo de Jesus, Irwin Arruda Sales, Felipe da Cruz Bueno [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] sq1 [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Gabriel Bucsan [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] clock [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Pedro Santos Guimarães [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 666 [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][TD] Pedro Henrique Da Silva Roque, Gustavo Maysonnave Franck [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 777 [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Gustavo Maysonnave Franck [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 444bf (Single) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Israel Fraga da Silva [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 555bf (Single) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Walter Pereira Rodrigues de Souza [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333mbf (Single) [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][TD] Gabriel Dechichi Barbar, Walter Pereira Rodrigues de Souza [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] skewb [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] João Pedro Batista Ribeiro Costa [/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TR][TD] Event [/TD][TD] top100 [/TD][TD] Competitor(s) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333 [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Gabriel Dechichi Barbar [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 444 [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Pedro Henrique Da Silva Roque [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 555 [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Pedro Henrique Da Silva Roque [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 222 [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Gabriel Dechichi Barbar [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333bf (Single) [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][TD] Gabriel Dechichi Barbar, Walter Pereira Rodrigues de Souza [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333oh [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Gabriel Dechichi Barbar [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333fm (Single) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] João Pedro Batista Ribeiro Costa [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333ft [/TD][TD] 7 [/TD][TD] Gabriel Pereira Campanha, Rafael Werneck Cinoto, Gilson Sousa da Silva, Diego Bojunga Meneghetti, Felipe Baldívio Freires, Chan Hong Lik, Rafaela Oliveira da Silva [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] minx [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] Fabiano Pinheiro de Oliveira, Ronan Felipe Jorge, Gustavo Silva Sousa [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] pyram [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] Samuel Antônio Araújo de Jesus, Irwin Arruda Sales, Felipe da Cruz Bueno [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] sq1 [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Gabriel Bucsan [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] clock [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Pedro Santos Guimarães [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 666 [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][TD] Pedro Henrique Da Silva Roque, Gustavo Maysonnave Franck [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 777 [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Gustavo Maysonnave Franck [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 444bf (Single) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Israel Fraga da Silva [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 555bf (Single) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Walter Pereira Rodrigues de Souza [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333mbf (Single) [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][TD] Gabriel Dechichi Barbar, Walter Pereira Rodrigues de Souza [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] skewb [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] João Pedro Batista Ribeiro Costa [/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TABLE="class:grid,align:left"]
[TR][TD] Competitor [/TD][TD] Number of presences in top100 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Gabriel Dechichi Barbar [/TD][TD] 5 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Pedro Henrique Da Silva Roque [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Walter Pereira Rodrigues de Souza [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] João Pedro Batista Ribeiro Costa [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Gustavo Maysonnave Franck [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Gabriel Pereira Campanha [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Rafael Werneck Cinoto [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Gilson Sousa da Silva [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Diego Bojunga Meneghetti [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Felipe Baldívio Freires [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Chan Hong Lik [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Rafaela Oliveira da Silva [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Fabiano Pinheiro de Oliveira [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Ronan Felipe Jorge [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Gustavo Silva Sousa [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Samuel Antônio Araújo de Jesus [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Irwin Arruda Sales [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Felipe da Cruz Bueno [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Gabriel Bucsan [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Pedro Santos Guimarães [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Israel Fraga da Silva [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TR][TD] Competitor [/TD][TD] Number of presences in top100 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Gabriel Dechichi Barbar [/TD][TD] 5 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Pedro Henrique Da Silva Roque [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Walter Pereira Rodrigues de Souza [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] João Pedro Batista Ribeiro Costa [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Gustavo Maysonnave Franck [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Gabriel Pereira Campanha [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Rafael Werneck Cinoto [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Gilson Sousa da Silva [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Diego Bojunga Meneghetti [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Felipe Baldívio Freires [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Chan Hong Lik [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Rafaela Oliveira da Silva [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Fabiano Pinheiro de Oliveira [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Ronan Felipe Jorge [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Gustavo Silva Sousa [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Samuel Antônio Araújo de Jesus [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Irwin Arruda Sales [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Felipe da Cruz Bueno [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Gabriel Bucsan [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Pedro Santos Guimarães [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Israel Fraga da Silva [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]
I would also like to highlight Gabriel Pereira Campanha which holds currently 2 World Records (Single and Average) for Rubik's Cube: with feet.
Also, Walter Pereira Rodrigues de Souza which is the creator of the well known Prisma Puzzle Timer.
Chan Hong Lik is also top100 already in one event, which is well known in the community for his (at this point in time) increadibly young age.
Finally, I would like to highlight the work of Rafael Cinoto and Pedro Santos Guimarães, two of the brazilian delegates which contributions to the community are too vast to mention on this post.
Also, for comparison, I did the same study for Thailand at the end of 2010:
[TABLE="class:grid,align:left"]
[TR][TD] Event [/TD][TD] top100 [/TD][TD] Competitor(s) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333 [/TD][TD] 5 [/TD][TD] Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์), Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์), Peerawich Hiranpaphakorn (พีรวิชญ์ พิรัญปภากร) , Baramee Pookcharoen (บารมี พุกเจริญ), Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทยโยธิน) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 444 [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์), Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์), Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทยโยธิน) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 555 [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทยโยธิน), Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์), Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 222 [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์), Peerawich Hiranpaphakorn (พีรวิชญ์ พิรัญปภากร) , Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทยโยธิน) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333bf (Single) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Preeda Hongpimolmas (ปรีดา หงส์พิมลมาศ) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333oh [/TD][TD] 5 [/TD][TD] Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์), Sittinon Sukhaya (สิทธินนท์ สุขายะ), Baramee Pookcharoen (บารมี พุกเจริญ), Peerawich Hiranpaphakorn (พีรวิชญ์ พิรัญปภากร), Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333fm (Single) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Chonlathep Kitsinthopchai (ชลเทพ กิจสินธพชัย) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333ft [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Tong Boonrod (ต๋อง บุญรอด) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] minx [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] Gomain Ngernseng (โกเมน เงินเส็ง), Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์), Worasil Bunpeam (วรศิลป์ บุญเปี่ยม) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] pyram [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][TD] Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์), Anukun Supcharoenkun (อนุกูล ทรัพย์เจริญกุล) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] sq1 [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] Yuttana Suputthayangkun (ยุทธนา สุพุทธยางกูร), Noppawat Kumdee (ณพวัฒน์ คำดี), Anukun Supcharoenkun (อนุกูล ทรัพย์เจริญกุล) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] clock [/TD][TD] 0 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 666 [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][TD] Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทยโยธิน), Gomain Ngernseng (โกเมน เงินเส็ง) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 777 [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทยโยธิน), Gomain Ngernseng (โกเมน เงินเส็ง), Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 444bf (Single) [/TD][TD] 0 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 555bf (Single) [/TD][TD] 0 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333mbf (Single) [/TD][TD] 0 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] skewb [/TD][TD] N/A [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TR][TD] Event [/TD][TD] top100 [/TD][TD] Competitor(s) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333 [/TD][TD] 5 [/TD][TD] Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์), Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์), Peerawich Hiranpaphakorn (พีรวิชญ์ พิรัญปภากร) , Baramee Pookcharoen (บารมี พุกเจริญ), Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทยโยธิน) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 444 [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์), Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์), Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทยโยธิน) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 555 [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทยโยธิน), Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์), Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 222 [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์), Peerawich Hiranpaphakorn (พีรวิชญ์ พิรัญปภากร) , Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทยโยธิน) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333bf (Single) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Preeda Hongpimolmas (ปรีดา หงส์พิมลมาศ) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333oh [/TD][TD] 5 [/TD][TD] Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์), Sittinon Sukhaya (สิทธินนท์ สุขายะ), Baramee Pookcharoen (บารมี พุกเจริญ), Peerawich Hiranpaphakorn (พีรวิชญ์ พิรัญปภากร), Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333fm (Single) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Chonlathep Kitsinthopchai (ชลเทพ กิจสินธพชัย) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333ft [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] Tong Boonrod (ต๋อง บุญรอด) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] minx [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] Gomain Ngernseng (โกเมน เงินเส็ง), Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์), Worasil Bunpeam (วรศิลป์ บุญเปี่ยม) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] pyram [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][TD] Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์), Anukun Supcharoenkun (อนุกูล ทรัพย์เจริญกุล) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] sq1 [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] Yuttana Suputthayangkun (ยุทธนา สุพุทธยางกูร), Noppawat Kumdee (ณพวัฒน์ คำดี), Anukun Supcharoenkun (อนุกูล ทรัพย์เจริญกุล) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] clock [/TD][TD] 0 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 666 [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][TD] Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทยโยธิน), Gomain Ngernseng (โกเมน เงินเส็ง) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 777 [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทยโยธิน), Gomain Ngernseng (โกเมน เงินเส็ง), Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์) [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 444bf (Single) [/TD][TD] 0 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 555bf (Single) [/TD][TD] 0 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] 333mbf (Single) [/TD][TD] 0 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] skewb [/TD][TD] N/A [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TABLE="class:grid,align:left"]
[TR][TD] Competitor [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์) [/TD][TD] 4 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์) [/TD][TD] 8 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Peerawich Hiranpaphakorn (พีรวิชญ์ พิรัญปภากร) [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Baramee Pookcharoen (บารมี พุกเจริญ) [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทยโยธิน) [/TD][TD] 6 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Preeda Hongpimolmas (ปรีดา หงส์พิมลมาศ) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Sittinon Sukhaya (สิทธินนท์ สุขายะ) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Chonlathep Kitsinthopchai (ชลเทพ กิจสินธพชัย) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Tong Boonrod (ต๋อง บุญรอด) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Gomain Ngernseng (โกเมน เงินเส็ง) [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Worasil Bunpeam (วรศิลป์ บุญเปี่ยม) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Anukun Supcharoenkun (อนุกูล ทรัพย์เจริญกุล) [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Yuttana Suputthayangkun (ยุทธนา สุพุทธยางกูร) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Noppawat Kumdee (ณพวัฒน์ คำดี) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TR][TD] Competitor [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Piti Pichedpan (ปิติ พิเชษฐพันธ์) [/TD][TD] 4 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Nipat Charoenpholphant (นิพัฒน์ เจริญพลพันธุ์) [/TD][TD] 8 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Peerawich Hiranpaphakorn (พีรวิชญ์ พิรัญปภากร) [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Baramee Pookcharoen (บารมี พุกเจริญ) [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Asia Konvittayayotin (เอเชีย กรวิทยโยธิน) [/TD][TD] 6 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Preeda Hongpimolmas (ปรีดา หงส์พิมลมาศ) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Sittinon Sukhaya (สิทธินนท์ สุขายะ) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Chonlathep Kitsinthopchai (ชลเทพ กิจสินธพชัย) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Tong Boonrod (ต๋อง บุญรอด) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Gomain Ngernseng (โกเมน เงินเส็ง) [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Worasil Bunpeam (วรศิลป์ บุญเปี่ยม) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Anukun Supcharoenkun (อนุกูล ทรัพย์เจริญกุล) [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Yuttana Suputthayangkun (ยุทธนา สุพุทธยางกูร) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] Noppawat Kumdee (ณพวัฒน์ คำดี) [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][/TR]
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Thailand had a few elite cubers back in 2010, but they had only 13 events with top100 people, spread through 14 competitors, as opposed to Brazil now, having 17 events with top100 presences (18 if you count skewb), spread through 21 competitors. Thailand also didn't have any official world records at the time. I don't think the two are exactly comparable, but the scenery is not so outrageously different in the competitiveness aspects of the host country to cause the upset this thread has been demonstrating about lack of fast people in Brazil.