People · Portugal
Xavier Fernandes
3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018FERN04
Xavier Fernandes has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.25, set at Damásio Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in Portugal. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since March 2018, he has put 39 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.62 in March 2018 to 9.25, a 32% improvement. Xavier has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.25 | 12.59 | top 5.5% | 32 / 547 | |
| 4×4 | 57.18 | 1:09.63 | top 33.3% | 74 / 223 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.04 | 1:50.15 | top 36.9% | 34 / 110 | |
| 2×2 | 5.30 | 10.43 | top 43.0% | 193 / 417 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.36 | — | early days — 2 solves | 115 / 161 |
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
- 14 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.25 at Damásio Open 2025.
- 10 Mar 2018First competition: CLIP Open 2018. A 13.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Damásio Open 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CLIP Open 2018 · 10 Mar 2018
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.
- Pedro Azevedo — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Anton Duchesne — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Salvador Moreira Leal e Henriques Coelho — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 7.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.