People · Colombia
Samuel Alejandro Giraldo Marulanda
3×3 · top 3.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023MARU12
Samuel Alejandro Giraldo Marulanda has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.36, set at Multicentro Ibagué 2026, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 132nd in Colombia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2023, he has put 489 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.68 in October 2023 to 8.36, a 28% improvement. Samuel has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 8.36 | 10.54 | top 3.5% | 132 / 5,867 | |
| 2×2 | 2.01 | 3.32 | top 4.8% | 167 / 3,643 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.61 | 5.92 | top 5.9% | 136 / 2,423 | |
| 4×4 | 38.04 | 52.98 | top 9.9% | 119 / 1,284 | |
| Skewb | 4.03 | 6.35 | top 11.2% | 140 / 1,073 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.95 | 1:33.33 | top 22.5% | 159 / 544 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.78 | 23.90 | top 22.7% | 231 / 1,192 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.12 | 2:15.08 | top 50.7% | 313 / 517 | |
| Square-1 | 44.12 | 52.34 | top 70.1% | 236 / 326 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Five personal bests in one day at Ibagué Lagos Club ComfaTolima 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.63 at Ibagué Mercacentro II 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Ibagué Mercacentro II 2025.
- 26 Oct 2024Four personal bests in one day at San Juan Geek Fest Neiva VI 2024.
- 28 Oct 2023First competition: Ibagué 2023. A 11.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ibagué Lagos Club ComfaTolima 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Multicentro Ibagué 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- IMDRI Ibagué 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ibagué Mercacentro II 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Colombian Nationals Avenida Chile 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- San Juan Geek Fest Neiva VI 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Ibagué 2024 · 8 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- San Juan V 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ibagué Mercacentro 10 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- San Juan IV 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- Ibagué 2023 · 28 Oct 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.
- Dennis Rosero — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- David Rendón Martínez — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Juan Pablo Rodriguez Betancourt — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.