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Francisco Barrenechea Sanchez

3×3 · top 0.41% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023SANC31

Francisco Barrenechea Sanchez has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.86, set at Real Cube II Lima 2023, puts him in the top 0.41% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Peru. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 45 competitions since May 2023, he has put 1,928 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.21 in May 2023 to 5.86, a 29% improvement. Francisco has entered 45 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.41% of 284,439 all-time
5.86
signature single · Real Cube II Lima 2023
1,928
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPeru
3×35.867.92
top 0.41%8 / 4,344
4×424.5127.86
top 0.59%4 / 844
3×3 one-handed9.3511.66
top 0.67%5 / 812
Megaminx39.5346.70
top 1.4%14 / 372
5×550.6557.41
top 1.9%7 / 329
2×21.863.05
top 3.9%98 / 2,419
6×61:58.862:05.41
top 10.7%22 / 145
Skewb4.267.64
top 12.7%95 / 495
Pyraminx5.106.64
top 13.8%214 / 1,366
7×73:34.263:42.88
top 21.3%37 / 111
Clock11.2913.07
top 31.5%65 / 139

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

Cube Force Lima 2023: 8.21Lima Cubinvierno 2023: 8.41Peru Nationals 2023: 8.49San Marcos Open 2023: 7.78Chosica Cubing Cup 2023: 7.95Plaza Center Cube Lima I 2023: 7.69Cuber Spring Open Plaza Huancayo 2023: 8.18UNSA Speedcubing Primavera 2023: 7.88TCG Space Santa Anita 2023: 7.67Real Cube II Lima 2023: 5.86TCG Space II Santa Anita 2023: 8.17Speedcuber Peru II Lima 2023: 7.24In Memoriam José Noles 2024: 7.54Plaza Center Cube Lima IV 2024: 6.92Open PUCP 2024: 7.81TCG Space lll Santa Anita 2024: 6.93Blenkir Wanka Cube 2024: 7.59PUCP Cubing Festival I 2024: 7.11Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2024: 7.41Huánuco al Cubo 2024: 6.76Oso Cubing Fest I Lima 2024: 6.74Peru Nationals 2024: 6.32TCG Space lV Santa Anita 2025: 7.67Los Reyes del Cubo Chiclayo III 2025: 6.65San Valencube Huancayo 2025: 7.03Plaza Center Cube Lima VI 2025: 7.02Oso Cubing Fest II Lima 2025: 6.53PUCP Cubing Festival V 2025: 6.88In Memoriam José Noles 2025: 7.71Peru Nationals 2025: 7.02UNSA Speedcubing Primavera 2025: 7.53PUCP Cubing Festival VIII 2025: 7.16Armando Sueños Blenkir Huancayo 2025: 6.44PUCP Cubing Festival X 2026: 6.97WCA South American Championship 2026: 7.065.868.4920 May 202312 Jun 2026

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 4.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.