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Joel Andres Muñoz Vega

3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023VEGA01

Joel Andres Muñoz Vega has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.98, set at Cubing Heights Barranquilla 2026, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 104th in Colombia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since February 2023, he has put 212 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.54 in February 2023 to 7.98, a 61% improvement. Joel has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time
7.98
signature single · Cubing Heights Barranquilla 2026
212
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingColombia
3×37.989.40
top 2.8%104 / 5,812
2×22.374.46
top 7.7%245 / 3,615
4×436.4143.50
top 8.1%95 / 1,270
3×3 one-handed17.5021.98
top 13.8%122 / 1,175
Pyraminx8.0210.83
top 36.3%812 / 2,395

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

Barranquilla Open 2023: 20.54Barranquilla Real 2023: 8.17Centro Brazuca al Cubo 2024: 9.76River Cubing Barranquilla 2024: 9.76Brazuca al Cubo I 2025: 8.90Cubing Heights Barranquilla 2026: 7.98WCA South American Championship 2026: 8.20Brazuca al Cubo 2026: 9.187.9820.5426 Feb 202326 Jul 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 1.98 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.