People · Portugal
Francisco Camões Tavares
3×3 · top 6.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025TAVA04
Francisco Camões Tavares has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.57, set at Portugal Championship 2026, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39th in Portugal. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since July 2025, he has put 250 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.10 in July 2025 to 9.57, a 21% improvement. Francisco has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.57 | 12.05 | top 6.3% | 39 / 565 | |
| 2×2 | 2.64 | 3.79 | top 10.4% | 63 / 429 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.57 | 7.74 | top 10.6% | 37 / 269 | |
| Clock | 10.55 | 12.94 | top 27.6% | 42 / 132 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.10 | 1:28.83 | top 43.0% | 97 / 228 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.91 | 36.26 | top 55.4% | 91 / 162 | |
| Megaminx | 2:26.97 | 3:18.05 | top 59.9% | 68 / 115 | |
| Skewb | 11.24 | 13.27 | top 62.1% | 127 / 183 |
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
- 9 Oct 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.57 at Portugal Championship 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Portugal Championship 2025.
- 12 Jul 2025First competition: CCM Baltar Open 2025. A 12.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Portugal Championship 2026 · 9 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Azeméis Open 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- CNSE ao Cubo 2026 · 9 May 2026
- AEO Moliceiro Open 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Portugal Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Azeméis Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CCM Baltar Open 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Eduardo Pires — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Carolina Pereira Dias — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rui Alexandre Reis Lopes — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.