People · Colombia
Laura Paola Gamboa Guzman
Pyraminx · top 6.4% of 130,891 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012GUZM01
Laura Paola Gamboa Guzman has been competing for 14 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.74, set at GeniusCube 2016, puts her in the top 6.4% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 147th in Colombia. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since May 2012, she has put 674 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 42.43 in May 2012 to 11.38, a 73% improvement. Laura has entered 20 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.74 | 5.84 | top 6.4% | 147 / 2,423 | |
| 3×3 | 11.38 | 14.23 | top 11.8% | 500 / 5,867 | |
| 2×2 | 3.04 | 4.92 | top 14.8% | 475 / 3,643 | |
| Megaminx | 1:27.86 | 1:36.52 | top 26.9% | 193 / 544 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.83 | 43.40 | top 28.4% | 297 / 1,192 | |
| 4×4 | 54.37 | 59.71 | top 30.1% | 408 / 1,284 | |
| Skewb | 6.96 | 10.04 | top 33.4% | 386 / 1,073 | |
| Clock | 12.77 | 14.26 | top 38.6% | 180 / 441 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.76 | 2:01.50 | top 44.6% | 272 / 517 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 47 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 110 / 155 | |
| 6×6 | 5:00.44 | 5:31.18 | top 81.7% | 207 / 236 |
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 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Iowa Championship 2026.
- 1 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubing at Iowa State 2025.
- 20 Jun 2015First sub-15 3×3: 13.33 at Bogotá Cúbico 2015.
- 20 Jun 2015Three personal bests in one day at Bogotá Cúbico 2015.
- 22 Aug 2014Five personal bests in one day at Colombia Nationals 2014.
- 14 Dec 2013Five personal bests in one day at Torneo Profecia II 2013.
Competitions
- Iowa Championship 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026 · 22 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Iowa Winter Cooldown 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at Iowa State 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Iowa Fall 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Latin America Cubing Tour - Chía 2017 · 28 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- GeniusCube 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Torneo Nacional Colombia 2016 · 7 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Torneo Salitre Plaza 2015 · 7 Aug 2015
- Bogotá Cúbico 2015 · 20 Jun 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Rumbo a Brasil 2015 · 29 Mar 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Colombia Nationals 2014 · 22 Aug 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Torneo Profecia II 2013 · 14 Dec 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Torneo RubikBlind 2013 · 22 Sep 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- III Torneo Nacional de Speedcubing Colombia 2013 · 8 Jun 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik Style 2013 · 7 Apr 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Campeonato Profecía 2012 · 11 Nov 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Independencia 2012 · 20 Jul 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Colombia Nationals 2012 · 20 May 2012
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 her.
- José Leonardo Chaparro Prieto — met in 102 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Dennis Rosero — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Eduard Esteban García Domínguez — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
Targets move as she improves.