People · Colombia
Juan Felipe Silva Palacios
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017PALA02
Juan Felipe Silva Palacios has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.40, set at Edén Cubing 2022, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 57th in Colombia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since February 2017, he has put 294 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.02 in February 2017 to 7.40, a 70% improvement. Juan has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Colombia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.40 | 10.54 | top 1.8% | 57 / 5,812 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.64 | 8.08 | top 11.0% | 237 / 2,395 | |
| 4×4 | 41.32 | 48.74 | top 13.7% | 185 / 1,270 | |
| 2×2 | 3.05 | 4.24 | top 14.8% | 471 / 3,615 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.97 | 32.58 | top 41.9% | 463 / 1,175 | |
| Skewb | 8.58 | 10.24 | top 45.6% | 520 / 1,065 | |
| Megaminx | 2:47.15 | — | early days — 1 solve | 450 / 533 |
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
- 6 Aug 2022First sub-10 3×3: 7.40 at Edén Cubing 2022.
- 6 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at Edén Cubing 2022.
- 16 Jun 2018Five personal bests in one day at Prenacionales Calima Cube 2018.
- 11 Nov 2017First sub-15 3×3: 10.93 at Rubik's Cube UPN 2017.
- 15 Sep 2017Five personal bests in one day at Neiva SpeedCubing 2017.
- 26 Aug 2017Three personal bests in one day at Torneo Tadeo Summer 2017.
Competitions
- Edén Cubing 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Festival Cubero Clásico CBN 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Festival Cubero Cúbico 2019 · 18 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Sergio Arboleda 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Prenacionales Calima Cube 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Bogotá Winter Cube 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Cube UPN 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Neiva SpeedCubing 2017 · 15 Sep 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Torneo Tadeo Summer 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Latin America Cubing Tour - Chía 2017 · 28 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Nacionales de SpeedCubing 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Torneo Jorge Tadeo Lozano 2017 · 4 Feb 2017
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.
- Eduard Esteban García Domínguez — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- José Leonardo Chaparro Prieto — met in 58 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dennis Rosero — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.