People · El Salvador
Francisco Javier Velásquez Portillo
3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2021 · 2021PORT01
Francisco Javier Velásquez Portillo has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.34, set at Berakas Cubing 2025, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in El Salvador. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since June 2021, he has put 376 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.97 in June 2021 to 9.34, a 42% improvement. Francisco has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | El Salvador | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.34 | 11.21 | top 5.7% | 14 / 351 | |
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 3.27 | top 8.7% | 14 / 248 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.27 | 21.10 | top 13.3% | 6 / 98 | |
| 4×4 | 1:53.68 | — | early days — 2 solves | 82 / 100 |
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
- 6 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.34 at Berakas Cubing 2025.
- 18 Sep 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.90 at Cubeando en El Cubo Z 2022.
- 18 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Cubeando en El Cubo Z 2022.
- 27 Jun 2021First competition: Happy Cubing Acton 2021. A 16.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing Acton El Salvador 2026 · 9 Aug 2026
- Défi à l'Alliance Française El Salvador 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- Nacionales El Salvador 2025 · 19 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Desafío Rubik's Guatemala 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- Credisa Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Villamar Cubing I 2025 · 31 Aug 2025
- Berakas Cubing 2025 · 6 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubeando en El Cubo Z 2025 · 30 Mar 2025
- Nacionales El Salvador 2024 · 29 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Desafío Cubo CRAI UCA 2024 · 22 Sep 2024
- Desafío Rubik's 50 Años Guatemala 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Acton El Salvador 2024 · 30 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pradera Express Villa Nueva 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Nacionales El Salvador 2023 · 11 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Liceo Salvadoreño Open 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
- Guazapa Open 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubeando en El Cubo Z 2022 · 18 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Happy Cubing Acton 2021 · 27 Jun 2021 — 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.
- Henry Mixco — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 54 times
- Elvis Isaí Rosales Hernández — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Luis Alonso Inestroza Henriquez — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.