People · Costa Rica
Samuel Ballestero Aguilar
2×2 · top 11.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022AGUI04
Samuel Ballestero Aguilar has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.73, set at Cubithon San José 2026, puts him in the top 11.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in Costa Rica. Across 7 competitions since March 2022, he has put 200 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.89 in March 2022 to 12.09, a 19% improvement. Samuel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Costa Rica | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.73 | 5.48 | top 11.3% | 37 / 307 | |
| 3×3 | 12.09 | 13.64 | top 14.2% | 63 / 367 | |
| Skewb | 5.11 | 10.16 | top 19.0% | 30 / 133 | |
| 4×4 | 53.89 | 1:00.66 | top 29.4% | 55 / 130 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.09 | 29.90 | top 37.1% | 69 / 135 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.14 | 13.25 | top 46.0% | 112 / 225 | |
| Square-1 | 29.42 | 37.60 | top 48.3% | 21 / 52 |
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
- 29 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cubithon San José 2026.
- 1 Dec 2023Six personal bests in one day at Costa Rican Championship 2023.
- 6 Nov 2022Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Universal San Jose 2022.
- 27 Mar 2022First competition: Costa Rica Regresa V2 2022. A 14.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubithon San José 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing Tibas 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Plaza Real Alajuela 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Costa Rican Championship 2023 · 1 Dec 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Retro Mall San Pedro 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Universal San Jose 2022 · 6 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Costa Rica Regresa V2 2022 · 27 Mar 2022
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.
- Christian Rodríguez — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jose Daniel Solano Rodríguez — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Andrés Hernández Cabrera — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.