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Juan Daniel Tangarife Ortiz

2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024ORTI07

Juan Daniel Tangarife Ortiz has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.29, set at WCA South American Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36th in Colombia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since March 2024, he has put 787 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.70 in March 2024 to 7.39, a 31% improvement. Juan has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.29
signature single · WCA South American Championship 2026
787
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingColombia
2×21.292.40
top 1.3%36 / 3,615
3×37.399.38
top 1.8%56 / 5,812
Square-19.2911.67
top 4.9%12 / 317
Skewb3.035.17
top 5.1%63 / 1,065
4×433.3737.11
top 5.3%56 / 1,270
Pyraminx3.455.34
top 5.3%118 / 2,395
3×3 one-handed13.8817.74
top 5.9%57 / 1,175
5×51:00.931:06.36
top 6.0%28 / 506
Clock5.786.85
top 6.5%35 / 435
Megaminx1:04.601:12.64
top 12.4%87 / 533
6×62:04.622:14.66
top 13.0%31 / 232
7×73:33.083:46.32
top 20.8%41 / 182
3×3 blindfolded2:17.78—
top 39.2%39 / 129
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves—
early days — 3 solves70 / 155

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

Unicentro Pereira 2024: 10.70Libre Cube Challenge 2024: 10.50Cubing Comicfest Armenia 2025: 9.63Unicentro Armenia IV 2025: 9.46Unicentro Pereira III 2025: 8.26Wemblind Quimbaya III 2025: 7.70MYHM Colombian Nationals Eje Cafetero 2025: 8.60Cubos y Libros Pereira 2025: 9.17Cubes on Top Pereira I 2026: 8.99Valinor Skewbing Cartago 2026: 7.39IMDRI Ibagué 2026: 8.30Más 2 Quebradas 2026: 8.59Chinchiná Open 2026: 8.94WCA South American Championship 2026: 8.38Unicentro Armenia V 2026: 9.047.3910.7010 Mar 202420 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.