People · Colombia
Julian Zapata
3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2021 · 2021ZAPA01
Julian Zapata has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.65, set at Navidad Explora Medellín 2023, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 147th in Colombia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since October 2021, he has put 623 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.25 in October 2021 to 8.65, a 39% improvement. Julian has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 8.65 | 11.10 | top 4.1% | 147 / 5,812 | |
| 2×2 | 2.05 | 3.91 | top 5.1% | 169 / 3,615 | |
| 4×4 | 36.69 | 42.79 | top 8.4% | 104 / 1,270 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.15 | 1:15.98 | top 13.9% | 74 / 506 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.48 | 25.03 | top 16.4% | 152 / 1,175 | |
| 6×6 | 2:17.76 | 2:24.03 | top 19.4% | 45 / 232 | |
| 7×7 | 3:39.34 | 3:54.79 | top 23.3% | 48 / 182 |
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 Nov 2023Five personal bests in one day at La Estrella Big Cubes 2023.
- 21 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.05 at Three Rounds Aventura 2023.
- 21 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Three Rounds Aventura 2023.
- 26 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at UNAC Medellín 2022.
- 20 Mar 2022Three personal bests in one day at Aves María 2022.
- 2 Oct 2021First competition: Aves María El Renacimiento 2021. A 14.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- The New School Medellín 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pocos Cupos Rionegro 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Navidad Explora Medellín 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Navidad Aves Maria Teams 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- La Estrella Big Cubes 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Aves María v9 2023 · 6 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Three Rounds Aventura 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Beat the Clock Sabaneta 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rionegro al Cubo 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Aventura The Return 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Nacionales Colombia 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Aves María 2023 · 19 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- El Carmen de Viboral 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Aves Maria Sabaneta 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- La Tablaza Open 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- UNAC Medellín 2022 · 26 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Aves María 2022 · 20 Mar 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Nacionales Fénix Colombia 2021 · 13 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Aves María El Renacimiento 2021 · 2 Oct 2021
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.
- Ale Restrepo — met in 137 rounds, finished ahead once
- Juan Esteban Ochoa — met in 112 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Juan Manuel Bedoya — met in 108 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.