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Felipe Santamaría Ruiz

3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022RUIZ03

Felipe Santamaría Ruiz has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.18, set at Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2024, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Venezuela. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since May 2022, he has put 1,135 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.22 in May 2022 to 7.18, a 75% improvement. Felipe has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.18
signature single · Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2024
1,135
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVenezuela
3×37.189.58
top 1.5%9 / 1,005
Pyraminx2.394.96
top 1.9%13 / 410
2×21.803.30
top 3.6%16 / 550
Skewb2.955.05
top 4.8%10 / 151
3×3 blindfolded56.881:30.82
top 12.0%3 / 29
3×3 Multi-Blind13 of 14 cubes · 59:33—
top 13.4%1 / 9
Megaminx1:07.611:18.41
top 14.2%15 / 115
4×444.9747.21
top 18.3%43 / 258
3×3 one-handed21.2825.16
top 24.0%61 / 262
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves49.67
top 30.0%8 / 44
Clock11.9113.25
top 34.5%22 / 64
Square-123.1629.66
top 35.1%25 / 52
5×51:44.422:11.58
top 38.7%45 / 112
4×4 blindfolded7:50.82—
early days — 3 solves1 / 2
5×5 blindfolded23:08.00—
early days — 1 solve1 / 1
6×64:41.935:37.08
early days — 3 solves33 / 44
7×78:46.29—
early days — 1 solve34 / 36

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

Montevideo Open 2022: 28.22FING Open 2022: 21.25Montevideo en Llamas 2022: 31.32Altavista Open 2023: 25.96Montevideo al Cubo 2023: 23.10Altavista NxN 2023: 20.86Evento al Qbo 2023: 11.33Montevideo Winter Open 2023: 11.68Cervantes Cubea 2023: 10.35Nacionales Uruguayas 2023: 9.56Montevideo en Llamas 2023: 11.52Altavista Open 2024: 11.38Altavista Big Open 2024: 11.36Altavista Otoñal 2024: 10.09Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2024: 7.18Fátima en Montevideo 2024: 10.2610th Anniversary Cervantes 2024: 8.84Nacionales Uruguayas 2024: 9.19Montevideo en Llamas 2024: 9.16Skewb Madness Uruguay 2024: 7.76Altavista Side Events 2025: 9.98Montevideo O'Clock 2025: 9.80Altavista Mind-blowing 2025: 10.2670 Años Fátima Montevideo 2025: 9.28Campeonato Uruguayo de Speedcubing 2025: 9.95Claret Open Montevideo 2026: 8.49Claret Open Montevideo II 2026: 8.34Montevideo Gaming House Open 2026: 8.46Montevideo Gaming House Agosto 2026: 7.577.1831.3229 May 202229 Aug 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.