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Manuel Popayán

3×3 · top 0.27% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017POPA01

Manuel Popayán has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.56, set at 75 por Ciento Bogotá 2026, puts him in the top 0.27% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Colombia. Until March 2013, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 206 competitions since February 2017, he has put 8,499 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.78 in February 2017 to 5.56, a 60% improvement. Manuel has entered 206 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.27% of 284,439 all-time
5.56
signature single · 75 por Ciento Bogotá 2026
8,499
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingColombia
3×35.567.60
top 0.27%4 / 5,812
4×425.7231.79
top 0.91%7 / 1,270
3×3 one-handed10.5214.78
top 1.4%7 / 1,175
2×21.472.58
top 2.0%63 / 3,615
Megaminx47.9959.22
top 4.3%22 / 533
5×557.911:05.23
top 4.5%12 / 506
Square-110.3019.22
top 6.7%18 / 317
Pyraminx4.087.11
top 8.1%183 / 2,395
6×61:52.471:58.92
top 8.1%16 / 232
7×73:03.543:13.29
top 11.6%22 / 182
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves33.00
top 20.4%34 / 155
Skewb7.8714.14
top 40.3%456 / 1,065
Clock14.9118.35
top 47.6%214 / 435
3×3 blindfolded6:08.18—
early days — 1 solve111 / 129

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

Torneo Jorge Tadeo Lozano 2017: 13.78Nacionales de SpeedCubing 2017: 12.80Latin America Cubing Tour - Chía 2017: 12.77Rubik's Cube UPN 2017: 10.22Bogotá Winter Cube 2018: 11.78Cúbico Open 2018: 11.18Colombia Nationals 2018: 10.30Sergio Arboleda 2018: 8.71Lipecun Blind 2018: 9.05Salesiano Open 2018: 9.60Bogotá Free Comic Cubing 2019: 9.07Sergio Arboleda 2019: 8.50Prenacionales 2019: 8.22Nacionales Medellín Explora 2019: 8.29Bogotá Championship 2019: 7.89Festival Cubero Cúbico 2019: 8.35Festival Cubero WSC 2019: 9.40Festival Cubero Clásico CBN 2019: 8.01Festival Cubero Blind 2019: 8.52Regreso a Clases Bogotá 2020: 7.64San Martín Cubea 2020: 8.31Nacionales Fénix Colombia 2021: 7.70Seminario 2022: 7.19Regreso a Clases 2022: 7.75Aves María 2022: 8.37San Martin Cubea A 2022: 8.01Neiva Open 2022: 7.47UNAC Medellín 2022: 7.75La Tablaza Open 2022: 8.04Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2022: 7.17Edén Cubing 2022: 6.52Villa al Cubo Open 2022: 6.70Aves Maria Sabaneta 2022: 6.95Tres en Línea Bogotá 2022: 7.62Prenacionales Huila Crece 2022: 7.97Colombia Nationals 2022: 7.16Duitama Open 2022: 7.16Monterrey Cube 2022: 7.72Rey de Reyes Bogotá 2023: 6.76Monterrey Bogotá 2023: 8.07Bogotá Winter Cube The Return 2023: 7.73Barrancabermeja Open 2023: 7.09Regreso a Clases Bogotá 2023: 7.76Tunja 2023: 7.4375 por Ciento Bogotá 2023: 5.88Sergio Arboleda 2023: 7.43Aves María 2023: 6.13All or Nothing Bogotá 2023: 7.4275 por Ciento II Bogotá 2023: 7.73Nacionales Colombia 2023: 7.79Boyaquirá Tunja 2023: 7.88Monterrey Bogotá II 2023: 7.36Madrid Cundinamarca 2023: 7.12Altavista Bogotá 2023: 7.52Bucaramanga 2023: 7.01Avenida Chile 2023: 7.20Monterrey Bogotá III 2023: 7.16Avenida Chile II 2023: 7.00Regionales Santander 2023: 7.06Barichara Open 2023: 6.92El Puente San Gil 3x3 2023: 7.72Two Days Return Bogotá 2023: 5.93Avenida Chile III 2023: 7.01Sum of Ranks Bogotá 2023: 6.82Unicentro Pereira 2023: 6.97Avenida Chile IV Teams 2023: 7.66Ibagué 2023: 7.98El Carmen de Viboral II 2023: 7.38Aves María v9 2023: 7.22Sol & Luna Parte 1 Bogotá 2023: 7.49Sol & Luna Parte 2 Bogotá 2023: 7.46Madrid Cundinamarca II 2023: 7.41Chocontá 2023: 7.21Avenida Chile V Levels 2023: 7.102x2 Cube Masters Bogotá 2023: 7.64Madrid Cundinamarca III 2023: 7.06Maloka al Cubo Bogotá 2023: 7.66Anapoima 2023: 7.82Monterrey Bogotá IV 2023: 7.13Avenida Chile VI Four Rounds 2023: 6.86Monterrey Bogota V 2023: 7.05Monterrey Bogotá VI 2024: 6.55Avenida Chile VII 2024: 7.33Ibagué Mercacentro 10 2024: 6.45Oasis de Castilla 2024: 7.84Centro Mayor 2024: 7.46Regreso a Clases Cundinamarca 2024: 7.45Avenida Chile VIII 2024: 6.41Encanto Soacha 2024: 7.40Speedcubing Bogotá 2024: 6.43Innova Schools Mosquera 2024: 7.61Tenjo Open 2024: 6.25Avenida Chile IX 2024: 7.19Festival Cubero Bogotá 2024: 6.94Avenida Chile X 2024: 7.87Tunal Bogotá 2024: 7.52Centro Suba Bogotá 2024: 7.04APA Cube Bogota 2024: 5.78Madrid Cundinamarca V 2024: 7.47Prenacionales Colombia 2024: 6.67Avenida Chile XI 2024: 7.77Clock Masters Bogotá 2024: 6.72Centro Suba Bogotá II 2024: 7.21Desafío Rubik's 50 Años Bogotá 2024: 7.15Monterrey Bogotá IX 2024: 7.31Santa Coloma Bogotá 2024: 8.34Edén Bogotá 2024: 7.41Unicentro Armenia II 2024: 7.62Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2024: 8.47Motavita Boyacá 2024: 7.77Ritmo Boyacá Innovo Duitama 2024: 6.85Villa del Rio al Cubo Bogotá 2024: 6.85Avenida Chile XIV 2024: 8.02Villapinzón al Cubo Open II 2024: 7.82Trebolis El Porvenir Bogotá 2024: 7.59Galerías Bogotá 2024: 7.46Centro Comercial Panamá Bogotá II 2024: 6.47Meridiano Cota 2024: 7.08Skewb Masters Bogotá 2024: 7.67Galerías Bogotá II 2024: 7.22Centro Suba Bogotá III 2024: 7.71Avenida Chile XVI 2024: 7.26Colombian Nationals Avenida Chile 2024: 6.65Meridiano Mosquera 2024: 7.86Bogotá No Duerme 2024: 7.10Avenida Chile XIX 2025: 7.34Anapoima II 2025: 6.42Avenida Chile XX 2025: 6.14Unicentro Tunja 2025: 7.27Plaza Madero Chía 4 2025: 6.59Madrid Cundinamarca VII 2025: 6.58Salitre al Cubo Bogotá 2025: 7.73Avenida Chile XXII 2025: 6.29Primavera Urbana Villavicencio 2025: 6.75Edén Bogotá III 2025: 7.52El Pórtico Facatativá 2025: 7.20Avenida Chile XXIII 2025: 7.40Metrópolis Bogotá 2025: 7.96Centro Suba Bogotá V 2025: 7.04Avenida Chile XXIV 2025: 6.92Edén Bogotá IV 2025: 7.68Titan Plaza Bogotá 2025: 7.96Bima al Cubo Bogotá 2025: 6.46Metrópolis Bogotá II 2025: 7.49PS Levels UD Bogotá 2025: 7.95Zipaquirá Cundinamarca 2025: 6.84Avenida Chile XXVI 2025: 7.15Himalaya School Fusagasugá II 2025: 7.1475 por Ciento Bogotá 2025: 7.20Avenida Chile XXVII Prenacionales 2025: 7.52Cubing Comicfest Cali II 2025: 7.29Edén Bogotá V 2025: 7.02MYHM Colombian Nationals Eje Cafetero 2025: 7.67Avenida Chile XXVIII 2025: 6.80Feral Ricaurte Cundinamarca 2025: 7.82Avenida Chile XXX 2026: 5.76Edén Bogotá VI 2026: 7.74Regreso a Clases Aves Maria 2026: 7.21Villa al Cubo Open III 2026: 6.59Zipaquirá Cundinamarca II 2026: 6.50Avenida Chile XXXI 2026: 7.01Unicentro Tunja lV 2026: 6.76Bojacá Cundinamarca 2026: 6.73Avenida Chile XXXII 2026: 6.71IMDRI Ibagué 2026: 7.24Los Heroes Bogotá II 2026: 6.8475 por Ciento Bogotá 2026: 5.56Nova Plaza Facatativá V 2026: 6.91Avenida Chile XXXIII 2026: 6.89Puro 3x3 Bulevar Niza Bogotá 2026: 6.91Trebolis El Porvenir Bogotá II 2026: 6.73Proyección Social III - Big Cubes Bogotá 2026: 7.13Lipecun Blind II Soacha 2026: 7.45Bima al Cubo IV Bogotá 2026: 6.59Zipaquirá Cundinamarca III 2026: 7.20WCA South American Championship 2026: 6.985.5613.784 Feb 201712 Jun 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.