People · Portugal
Francisco Camões Tavares
3×3 · top 9.0% of 284,439 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 10.53, set at AEO Moliceiro Open 2026, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 53rd in Portugal. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2025, he has put 205 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 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 10.53, a 13% improvement. Francisco has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 10.53 | 12.16 | top 9.0% | 53 / 547 | |
| 2×2 | 2.64 | 4.17 | top 10.3% | 49 / 417 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.57 | 8.19 | top 10.6% | 34 / 262 | |
| Clock | 10.55 | 12.94 | top 27.8% | 39 / 122 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.91 | 36.26 | top 55.3% | 90 / 161 | |
| Megaminx | 2:26.97 | 3:18.05 | top 59.8% | 63 / 111 | |
| Skewb | 11.24 | 13.27 | top 62.1% | 123 / 175 | |
| 4×4 | 1:28.20 | 1:40.84 | top 62.3% | 136 / 223 |
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
- 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
- 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 45 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Pedro Azevedo — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carolina Pereira Dias — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.