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Francisco Javier Lemes Sáez

3×3 blindfolded · top 3.8% of 12,178 all-time · competing since March 2009 · 2009SAEZ01

Francisco Javier Lemes Sáez has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 28.43, set at Eindhoven Spring 2013, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Chile. Until April 2012, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 52 competitions since March 2009, he has put 855 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.30 in March 2009 to 8.71, a 43% improvement. Francisco has entered 52 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 3.8% of 12,178 all-time
28.43
signature single · Eindhoven Spring 2013
855
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChile
3×3 blindfolded28.4334.29
top 3.8%2 / 58
3×38.7110.74
top 4.2%83 / 2,080
2×23.165.37
top 16.1%198 / 1,303
3×3 one-handed20.1826.10
top 20.9%100 / 458
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 7 cubes · 36:12—
top 36.9%4 / 13
4×41:00.771:10.48
top 37.3%252 / 562
Pyraminx13.4017.16
top 75.0%609 / 871
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves—
early days — 1 solve31 / 40

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

Santiago Open 2009: 15.30Santiago Winter Open 2009: 13.41Campeonato de Primavera 2009: 13.93Chile Open 2010: 12.47Santiago BLD Open 2010: 11.27Campeonato de Invierno 2010: 10.97Bicentenario Open 2010: 11.44Abierto W. A. Mozart 2010: 11.02chilerubik.cl 2011: 10.09Buenos Aires Open 2011: 11.30Earthquake Open 2011: 10.88SSCC Open 2011: 11.05Cuberos.cl 2nd Anniversary Open 2011: 11.30Aplicarubick Open 2011: 12.31Campeonato Nacional 2011: 11.41PLG Open 2012: 11.46Macul Autumn 2012: 12.02Southsim 2012: 10.27Campeonato Nacional 2012: 10.70Valparaiso al cubo 2013: 10.49Oficina Open 2013: 10.72French Championship 2013: 8.75French Open 2013: 11.15Florence Fantastic Open 2013: 9.75Berlin Open 2013: 8.80Eindhoven Spring 2013: 10.77Las Lomas 2013: 10.07Campeonato Nacional Chile 2013: 11.27Campeonato Santiaguino de Verano 2014: 10.65La Revancha 2014: 9.70Las Lomas 2014: 12.06La Florida Open 2015: 11.24La Florida Open V2 2015: 10.40LSLC Open 2015: 11.91Valpo 2015: 10.16Campeonato Chileno de Invierno 2015: 11.88World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 10.06Hector Salinas Open 2015: 9.54Instituto Nacional Open 2015: 10.51Santa Rosa Open 2015: 10.23LMDL Open 2015: 9.57Las Lomas 2015: 9.06Campeonato Chileno de Verano 2016: 11.22Sótero del Río 2016: 17.42Open La Florida 2017: 10.83Instituto Nacional Open 2017: 8.71Santiago UV Open 2022: 11.798.7117.4228 Mar 200915 Oct 2022

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-25 3×3 blindfolded single — 355 people have one; it is 3.43 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.