People · Colombia
Juan Manuel Velásquez Rivera
3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018RIVE20
Juan Manuel Velásquez Rivera has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.27, set at Cubos y Libros Pereira 2025, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 214th in Colombia. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since August 2018, he has put 451 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.82 in August 2018 to 9.27, a 37% 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 | 9.27 | 10.30 | top 5.5% | 214 / 5,812 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.08 | 7.84 | top 8.1% | 183 / 2,395 | |
| 2×2 | 2.66 | 4.98 | top 10.5% | 326 / 3,615 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.10 | 19.75 | top 12.8% | 113 / 1,175 | |
| 4×4 | 47.56 | 54.44 | top 21.6% | 288 / 1,270 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.59 | 1:48.08 | top 35.1% | 205 / 506 | |
| Clock | 17.13 | — | early days — 2 solves | 243 / 435 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 46 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 106 / 155 | |
| Skewb | 26.86 | 31.32 | top 95.9% | 968 / 1,065 |
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
- 19 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Bogotá Championship 2019.
- 22 Jun 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.46 at Nacionales Medellín Explora 2019.
- 22 Jun 2019Four personal bests in one day at Nacionales Medellín Explora 2019.
- 31 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Ibagué Open 2019.
- 23 Feb 2019Six personal bests in one day at El Carmen De Viboral 2019.
- 18 Aug 2018First competition: Medellín Explora 2018. A 15.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubos y Libros Pereira 2025 · 14 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CUDES Cali 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Regreso a Clases Bogotá 2020 · 18 Jan 2020
- Festival Cubero Clásico CBN 2019 · 26 Oct 2019
- Cubing Comicland Pereira 2019 · 29 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bogotá Championship 2019 · 19 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Nacionales Medellín Explora 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- CUDES Cali 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Ibagué Open 2019 · 31 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- El Carmen De Viboral 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Cali Cube 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Medellín Explora 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Dennis Rosero — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Juan David Carmona Vásquez — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Eduard Esteban García Domínguez — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.