People · Colombia
Juan Sebastian Vela
3×3 · top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017VELA08
Juan Sebastian Vela has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.04, set at Titan Plaza Bogotá 2025, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 194th in Colombia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2017, he has put 201 official solves on the record across seven 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 16.36 in June 2017 to 9.04, a 45% improvement. Juan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 9.04 | 11.07 | top 4.9% | 194 / 5,812 | |
| Megaminx | 56.21 | 1:04.43 | top 8.0% | 53 / 533 | |
| Skewb | 3.85 | 6.13 | top 9.9% | 123 / 1,065 | |
| 2×2 | 2.74 | 4.59 | top 11.4% | 350 / 3,615 | |
| 4×4 | 41.60 | 50.22 | top 14.0% | 188 / 1,270 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.97 | 32.08 | top 36.8% | 397 / 1,175 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.11 | 13.20 | top 67.9% | 1,479 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 3 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.04 at Titan Plaza Bogotá 2025.
- 3 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Titan Plaza Bogotá 2025.
- 22 May 2022Five personal bests in one day at San Martin Cubea B 2022.
- 26 Aug 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.53 at Torneo Tadeo Summer 2017.
- 28 Jun 2017First competition: Latin America Cubing Tour - Chía 2017. A 16.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Avenida Chile XXX 2026 · 18 Jan 2026
- Titan Plaza Bogotá 2025 · 3 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Avenida Chile XXIII 2025 · 8 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- San Martin Cubea B 2022 · 22 May 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Festival Cubero Clásico CBN 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Cube UPN 2017 · 11 Nov 2017
- Torneo Tadeo Summer 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Latin America Cubing Tour - Chía 2017 · 28 Jun 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.
- Dennis Rosero — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Eduard Esteban García Domínguez — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Manuel Popayán — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
- A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 6.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.