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Jose Carlos García Vélez

4×4 · top 1.1% of 83,917 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016VELE01

Jose Carlos García Vélez has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 26.42, set at Neiva Open 2022, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Colombia. Until June 2013, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since January 2016, he has put 2,248 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.76 in January 2016 to 6.95, a 49% improvement. Jose has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 1.1% of 83,917 all-time
26.42
signature single · Neiva Open 2022
2,248
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingColombia
4×426.4229.43
top 1.1%8 / 1,270
3×36.958.71
top 1.3%34 / 5,812
Megaminx39.5344.18
top 1.4%7 / 533
5×551.3457.17
top 2.2%6 / 506
6×61:33.431:46.02
top 2.5%3 / 232
2×21.632.84
top 2.7%90 / 3,615
3×3 one-handed12.1915.45
top 3.2%24 / 1,175
Square-18.179.94
top 3.3%8 / 317
Pyraminx3.065.05
top 3.8%82 / 2,395
Skewb2.795.39
top 4.0%47 / 1,065
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves39.67
top 4.0%4 / 155
7×72:45.352:50.68
top 6.6%6 / 182
Clock8.0610.74
top 15.5%71 / 435
3×3 blindfolded3:30.68—
early days — 3 solves72 / 129

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

RubiKaribe 2016: 13.76Torneo Nacional Colombia 2016: 10.11Torneo SpeedCubing Centro Suba II 2016: 9.42GeniusCube 2016: 9.50RubiKaribe 2017: 9.95Torneo Jorge Tadeo Lozano 2017: 10.27Nacionales de SpeedCubing 2017: 8.86Latin America Cubing Tour - Chía 2017: 9.08Caribe Challenge 2018: 7.95UTB Open 2018: 8.57Cúbico Open 2018: 8.33Friki Festival Valledupar 2019: 8.92Cartagena Open 2019: 7.86Santa Marta Open 2019: 8.18Nacionales Fénix Colombia 2021: 7.52San Martin Cubea B 2022: 8.41Neiva Open 2022: 6.95Edén Cubing 2022: 7.83La Fantástica Open 2022: 7.84Tres en Línea Bogotá 2022: 8.47Prenacionales Huila Crece 2022: 7.93Cudeero Open 2023: 7.79Barranquilla Open 2023: 8.16All or Nothing Bogotá 2023: 7.81Caribe Plaza Cubing 2023: 7.50Calamari Cartagena 2023: 7.68Salamandra Cartagena 2024: 7.12River Cubing Barranquilla 2024: 8.47Colombian Nationals Avenida Chile 2024: 7.19Cartagena Open 2025: 8.03Cubing Heights Barranquilla 2026: 8.27WCA South American Championship 2026: 7.806.9513.7616 Jan 201612 Jun 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-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.