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Nelson Javier Santamaría

3×3 · top 14.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016SANT17

Nelson Javier Santamaría has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.28, set at Prenacionales Calima Cube 2018, puts him in the top 14.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 608th in Colombia. Across 9 competitions since April 2016, he has put 98 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.29 in April 2016 to 12.28, a 49% improvement. Nelson has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.28
signature single · Prenacionales Calima Cube 2018
98
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingColombia
3×312.2813.41
top 14.9%608 / 5,812
3×3 one-handed32.7744.50
top 52.8%595 / 1,175
2×26.558.44
top 56.4%1,862 / 3,615

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 Centro Suba 2016: 24.29Torneo Nacional Colombia 2016: 19.29Torneo SpeedCubing Centro Suba II 2016: 17.68GeniusCube 2016: 15.89Torneo Jorge Tadeo Lozano 2017: 14.61Latin America Cubing Tour - Chía 2017: 15.17Prenacionales Calima Cube 2018: 12.28Stockholmsligan 255: Den Gåtfulla Masken - 2024: 15.80Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026: 12.4412.2824.2916 Apr 20161 May 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 2.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.