Portugal
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Portugal
Capital: Lisbon
Club: Associação Portuguesa de Speedcubing
Portugal is a WCA recognized country in Europe.
Competitions
Competitions in bold represent the National Championships
Competition numbers representing the first competitions in their respective District or Autonomous Region are shown in green
National Records
| Event | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | 5.51s Afonso Cláudio Machado Azeméis Open 2025 23 Aug 2025 |
7.05s Tiago Morais Azeméis Open 2026 29 Aug 2026 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 0.82s Tiago Morais Azeméis Open 2025 23 Aug 2025 |
1.76s Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes Almourol Riverside 2026 27 Jun 2026 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 20.45s Tiago Morais WCA European Championship 2026 16 Jul 2026 |
23.82s Tiago Morais Portugal Championship 2026 9 Oct 2026 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 43.54s Tiago Morais WCA European Championship 2026 16 Jul 2026 |
48.88s Tiago Morais Almourol Riverside 2026 27 Jun 2026 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 1:26.40s Tomás Freire Boards & Cubes Venteira PM 2025 18 Oct 2025 |
1:31.02s Tomás Freire WCA European Championship 2026 16 Jul 2026 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 2:05.36s Tomás Freire Aveiro Big Cube Day 2026 16 May 2026 |
2:13.54s Tomás Freire Izarraizpe Open 2026 5 Jul 2026 |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 23.30s Tiago Morais Almourol Riverside 2026 27 Jun 2026 |
40.50s Tiago Morais Lazarillo Salamanca Open 2025 19 Jul 2025 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 19 Vasco Vasconcelos FMC Europe 2024 23 Nov 2024 |
22.67 Vasco Vasconcelos Portugal Championship 2024 / FMC Europe 2024 30 Aug 2024 / 23 Nov 2024 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 11.24s Tiago Morais Portugal Championship 2026 9 Oct 2026 |
12.42s Tiago Morais Portugal Championship 2026 9 Oct 2026 |
| Clock | 3.42s Miguel Duarte Afonso Pais Almourol Riverside 2026 27 Jun 2026 |
3.94s Miguel Duarte Afonso Pais Portugal Championship 2026 9 Oct 2026 |
| Megaminx | 33.40s Pedro Azevedo Boards & Cubes Mini B 2026 14 Jun 2026 |
37.47s Pedro Azevedo Portugal Championship 2026 9 Oct 2026 |
| Pyraminx | 1.90s Martim Carvalho WCA European Championship 2026 16 Jul 2026 |
2.84s Martim Carvalho CCM Winter Open 2025 13 Dec 2025 |
| Skewb | 1.76s Pedro Azevedo WCA European Championship 2026 16 Jul 2026 |
3.50s Pedro Azevedo X-Madrid Open 2025 24 May 2025 |
| Square-1 | 6.75s Diogo Miguel Alves Guerreiro Arroios Winter 2026 7 Feb 2026 |
8.76s Diogo Miguel Alves Guerreiro Portugal Championship 2025 29 Nov 2025 |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | 5:22.26s Tiago Morais Seomara Cube Fest 2025 26 Apr 2025 |
7:51.22s Tiago Morais Portugal Championship 2026 9 Oct 2026 |
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | 16:55.00s Pedro Azevedo Blind in Aveiro 2026 14 Mar 2026 |
18:56.00s Pedro Azevedo Blind in Aveiro 2026 14 Mar 2026 |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | 14/15 54:19s Tiago Morais Portugal Championship 2026 9 Oct 2026 |
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Longest standing NR's
Countries in which a NR was broken
| Count | Country | Number of NR's |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal | 228 |
| 2 | Spain | 97 |
| 3 | Germany | 90 |
| 4 | USA | 21 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 18 |
| 6 | UK | 7 |
| 7 | Italy | 7 |
| 8 | Multiple Countries (Europe) | 7 |
| 9 | Belgium | 7 |
| 10 | Philippines | 5 |
| 11 | Denmark | 2 |
| 12 | Multiple Countries (World) | 2 |
| 13 | Switzerland | 1 |
| 14 | South Africa | 1 |
| 15 | Hungary | 1 |
Top 10 Kinch Ranks
Based on https://wca.cuber.pro/ (last updated on 6 Mar 2025)
| Rank | Name | Overall | 333 | 222 | 444 | 555 | 666 | 777 | 333bf | 333fm | 333oh | clock | minx | pyra | skewb | sq1 | 444bf | 555bf | 333mbf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiago Morais | 79.70 | 97.27 | 99.51 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 89.99 | 82.69 | 100.00 | 0.00 | 100.00 | 82.15 | 85.24 | 56.46 | 64.34 | 64.08 | 100.00 | 99.13 | 34.10 |
| 2 | Pedro Azevedo | 75.73 | 93.73 | 91.48 | 76.87 | 73.19 | 68.72 | 64.53 | 55.16 | 62.40 | 79.17 | 49.24 | 100.00 | 55.25 | 100.00 | 41.56 | 85.20 | 100.00 | 90.84 |
| 3 | Vasco Vasconcelos | 61.17 | 70.81 | 47.33 | 67.81 | 78.35 | 78.90 | 84.29 | 58.92 | 100.00 | 73.42 | 38.42 | 63.67 | 36.65 | 41.37 | 18.78 | 79.98 | 50.55 | 50.62 |
| 4 | David Martins | 52.26 | 68.03 | 63.16 | 59.25 | 59.77 | 53.65 | 48.59 | 21.83 | 60.18 | 45.02 | 44.43 | 45.43 | 40.00 | 54.60 | 41.58 | 51.15 | 80.68 | 51.05 |
| 5 | Luís Pedro Gomes Costa | 52.00 | 80.32 | 66.23 | 67.98 | 64.17 | 51.56 | 49.80 | 14.45 | 59.38 | 74.99 | 57.38 | 63.10 | 95.95 | 53.35 | 51.59 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 33.73 |
| 6 | Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes | 50.18 | 87.68 | 100.00 | 67.16 | 66.17 | 55.02 | 45.47 | 12.17 | 54.29 | 64.01 | 48.08 | 65.22 | 70.82 | 66.92 | 50.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 7 | Eduardo Pires | 49.74 | 69.23 | 54.11 | 75.00 | 76.54 | 65.39 | 67.38 | 18.90 | 57.58 | 52.52 | 47.27 | 61.75 | 50.00 | 64.34 | 51.50 | 34.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 8 | Diogo Miguel Alves Guerreiro | 48.72 | 71.21 | 76.40 | 63.79 | 57.71 | 48.14 | 41.23 | 13.83 | 69.39 | 59.24 | 37.37 | 44.53 | 67.94 | 77.43 | 100.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 9 | Carolina Pereira Dias | 48.64 | 72.17 | 77.27 | 66.03 | 63.60 | 48.83 | 44.54 | 0.00 | 51.91 | 68.80 | 66.91 | 51.46 | 72.08 | 79.37 | 63.99 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 10 | Tomás Freire | 45.92 | 88.09 | 76.98 | 87.20 | 98.77 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 4.18 | 60.18 | 59.05 | 33.14 | 0.00 | 20.96 | 15.44 | 36.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Well-known Cubers
Notable cubers from Portugal include:
- Afonso Carapeto
- Afonso Cláudio Machado
- André dos Santos Gomes
- André Melão
- António Dias
- António Gomes
- Carolina Pereira Dias
- David Martins
- Didier Batista Ferreira
- Diogo Miguel Alves Guerreiro
- Eduardo Pires
- Fausto Claro da Fonte
- Filipe Amaral
- Francisco Huhn
- Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes
- Gabriel Vidal Figueiredo
- Henrique Figueiredo
- Hugo Fernandes
- Hugo Laginha
- Inês Picado
- João Dinis Santos Martins
- João Filipe dos Santos Pinheiro
- João Ribeiro
- José Maria Morgado Melo Gomes da Costa
- José Henrique Ribeiro dos Santos Medeiros da Silva
- José Luis Adrião
- José Manuel Lucena
- Leandro Baltazar
- Luís Pedro Gomes Costa
- Manuel Galrinho
- Martim Carvalho
- Mateus Moitinho de Almeida
- Miguel Duarte Afonso Pais
- Nelson Estevão
- Nuno Ricardo Cordeiro Serafim
- Pedro Azevedo
- Rodrigo Queiroz Teixeira
- Rui Alexandre Reis Lopes
- Salvador Duarte Marques da Graça
- Sara García Mendes
- Syiam Chandra Tavaria
- Tiago Morais
- Tiago Oliveira
- Tomás Freire
- Tomás Worm Ramos
- Vasco Constantino
- Vasco Vasconcelos
- Xiang Guo
