People · Venezuela
Luis Felipe Palacios Peña
Pyraminx · top 1.3% of 130,891 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023PENA07
Luis Felipe Palacios Peña has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.08, set at CFOP Plaza las Américas II 2025, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Venezuela. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since May 2023, he has put 687 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.44 in May 2023 to 9.82, a 65% improvement. Luis has entered 24 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 | Venezuela | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.08 | 5.88 | top 1.3% | 6 / 417 | |
| Skewb | 2.64 | 3.82 | top 3.4% | 5 / 156 | |
| 2×2 | 2.23 | 4.04 | top 6.5% | 37 / 565 | |
| 3×3 | 9.82 | 11.35 | top 7.0% | 61 / 1,022 | |
| Clock | 8.66 | 10.04 | top 18.2% | 12 / 66 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.71 | 23.00 | top 19.8% | 51 / 272 | |
| Megaminx | 1:21.42 | 1:36.74 | top 22.8% | 33 / 116 | |
| 4×4 | 51.05 | 51.93 | top 26.1% | 73 / 267 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | — | top 37.3% | 10 / 46 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.20 | 2:04.80 | top 40.2% | 50 / 112 | |
| Square-1 | 27.75 | 35.40 | top 45.2% | 30 / 53 |
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
- 10 Oct 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.82 at Road to Nats Caracas II 2026.
- 10 Oct 2026Four personal bests in one day at Road to Nats Caracas II 2026.
- 26 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Venezuela Nationals 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Road to Nats Caracas II 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubeSpot Caracas 2025.
- 9 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Plaza Las Americas II CCS 2025.
Competitions
- Road to Nats Caracas II 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Road to Nats Caracas 2026 · 20 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- WCA South American Championship FMC 2026 · 31 May 2026
- Turn It Caracas 2026 · 24 May 2026
- Restart Caracas 2026 · 12 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubeando en Navidad Caracas 2025 · 7 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Infinity Cube Caracas 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Venezuela Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Road to Nats Maracay 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
- Road to Nats Caracas II 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Road to Nats Caracas 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubeSpot Caracas 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CFOP Plaza las Américas II 2025 · 4 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubeando en el Tolón 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Plaza Las Americas II CCS 2025 · 9 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Metropolis Lara League I 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing and Books Caracas 2024 · 10 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in Unicentro Maracay 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing Millennium Caracas 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA South American Championship FMC 2024 · 14 Jul 2024
- Sambil Caracas 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Los Aviadores Aragua 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing & Books Caracas 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Sambil Caracas Edition 2023 · 7 May 2023
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.
- Fabián Villavicencio — met in 135 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Miguel González — met in 124 rounds, finished ahead 57 times · head to head
- Leandro Paredes — met in 120 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.