People · Colombia
Mateo Valbuena
3×3 · top 8.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017VALB02
Mateo Valbuena has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.28, set at Mirá Ve 2017, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 323rd in Colombia. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since February 2017, he has put 252 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.50 in February 2017 to 10.28, a 50% improvement. Mateo has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 10.28 | 11.48 | top 8.3% | 323 / 5,812 | |
| 4×4 | 44.06 | 51.17 | top 17.1% | 224 / 1,270 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.29 | 33.81 | top 32.3% | 338 / 1,175 | |
| Square-1 | 23.20 | 29.22 | top 35.2% | 113 / 317 | |
| 2×2 | 5.00 | 6.49 | top 39.3% | 1,285 / 3,615 | |
| Skewb | 7.79 | 11.93 | top 39.7% | 449 / 1,065 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.11 | 19.23 | top 67.9% | 1,479 / 2,395 | |
| 5×5 | 2:40.00 | — | top 70.5% | 416 / 506 |
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
- 30 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Avenida Chile XXVIII 2025.
- 10 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at Bogotá Winter Cube 2018.
- 25 Nov 2017Three personal bests in one day at Mirá Ve 2017.
- 11 Nov 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.65 at Rubik's Cube UPN 2017.
- 11 Nov 2017Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's Cube UPN 2017.
- 27 May 2017First sub-20 3×3: 16.57 at Nacionales de SpeedCubing 2017.
Competitions
- Avenida Chile XXVIII 2025 · 30 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Sum of Ranks Bogotá 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Regreso a Clases 2022 · 26 Feb 2022
- Bogotá Open 2021 · 18 Dec 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Festival Cubero Clásico CBN 2019 · 26 Oct 2019
- Bogotá Winter Cube 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Mirá Ve 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's Cube UPN 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Nacionales de SpeedCubing 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Torneo Jorge Tadeo Lozano 2017 · 4 Feb 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.
- Eduard Esteban García Domínguez — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Hector David Martinez Argaez — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Dennis Rosero — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 4.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.