People · El Salvador
Javier Portillo
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018PORT11
Javier Portillo has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.40, set at Nacionales El Salvador 2024, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in El Salvador. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since June 2018, he has put 890 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.97 in June 2018 to 7.40, a 59% improvement. Javier has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 | 7.40 | 10.12 | top 1.8% | 4 / 351 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.38 | 16.57 | top 5.0% | 1 / 98 | |
| 4×4 | 34.66 | 41.46 | top 6.4% | 6 / 100 | |
| 2×2 | 2.41 | 4.63 | top 8.0% | 12 / 248 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.75 | 1:12.84 | top 10.7% | 4 / 58 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.15 | 8.22 | top 14.1% | 15 / 161 | |
| 6×6 | 2:12.58 | 2:18.61 | top 16.7% | 2 / 22 | |
| 7×7 | 3:22.50 | 3:42.47 | top 17.1% | 2 / 16 | |
| Megaminx | 1:14.09 | 1:32.43 | top 18.1% | 7 / 35 |
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
- 19 Dec 2025Five personal bests in one day at Nacionales El Salvador 2025.
- 12 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Nacionales Guatemala 2025.
- 29 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Nacionales El Salvador 2024.
- 30 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Acton El Salvador 2024.
- 11 Aug 2023Five personal bests in one day at Nacionales El Salvador 2023.
- 25 Apr 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.69 at Santa Tecla NxN 2021.
Competitions
- Cubing Acton El Salvador 2026 · 9 Aug 2026
- Défi à l'Alliance Française El Salvador 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- Cubeando en El Cubo Z 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Nacionales El Salvador 2025 · 19 Dec 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Nacionales Guatemala 2025 · 12 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Credisa Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Berakas Cubing 2025 · 6 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubeando en El Cubo Z 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Nacionales El Salvador 2024 · 29 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Acton El Salvador 2024 · 30 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Nacionales El Salvador 2023 · 11 Aug 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Acton Cubing 2023 · 2 Apr 2023
- Desafío de Memoria en el MUPI 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- El CUBO Tour Zacamil 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Auditorium de la Paz Cubea 2022 · 14 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Cubing Acton 2021 · 27 Jun 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Santa Tecla NxN 2021 · 25 Apr 2021 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing Cafetalon Recargado 2020 · 13 Dec 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Nacionales El Salvador 2019 · 30 Nov 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Sucursal Del Cielo 2019 · 4 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Copa Lamatepec 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Tecla Cube Open 2019 · 17 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Nacionales El Salvador 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- CONIA Internacional 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Santa Ana Open 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Luis Alonso Inestroza Henriquez — met in 147 rounds, finished ahead 115 times
- Edgardo Gálvez — met in 118 rounds, finished ahead 102 times
- David Gálvez — met in 116 rounds, finished ahead 71 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.