People · Colombia
Samuel Benitez Culma
3×3 · top 6.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017CULM01
Samuel Benitez Culma has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.64, set at Avenida Chile XXI 2025, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 251st in Colombia. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since May 2017, he has put 609 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.80 in May 2017 to 9.64, a 68% improvement. Samuel has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 9.64 | 11.06 | top 6.5% | 251 / 5,812 | |
| 4×4 | 35.81 | 43.10 | top 7.5% | 84 / 1,270 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.35 | 1:23.87 | top 14.1% | 75 / 506 | |
| Skewb | 4.46 | 12.51 | top 14.2% | 176 / 1,065 | |
| 2×2 | 3.13 | 4.76 | top 15.8% | 502 / 3,615 | |
| Megaminx | 1:12.97 | 1:19.34 | top 17.4% | 119 / 533 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.09 | 8.58 | top 20.7% | 447 / 2,395 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.02 | 30.16 | top 31.5% | 330 / 1,175 | |
| 6×6 | 4:30.92 | — | early days — 1 solve | 190 / 232 |
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
- 25 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Avenida Chile XXVII Prenacionales 2025.
- 23 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Bima al Cubo Bogotá 2025.
- 20 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.64 at Avenida Chile XXI 2025.
- 20 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Avenida Chile XXI 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Avenida Chile XX 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Avenida Chile XIX 2025.
Competitions
- Bibliopen IV Cali 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- WCA South American Championship 2026 · 12 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Avenida Chile XXVII Prenacionales 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bima al Cubo Bogotá 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Avenida Chile XXI 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Avenida Chile XX 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Avenida Chile XIX 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Locos Por Los Cubos Bogotá 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
- Avenida Chile XVIII 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Colombian Nationals Avenida Chile 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Oasis de Castilla 2024 · 28 Jan 2024
- Avenida Chile 2023 · 2 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- All or Nothing Bogotá 2023 · 26 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Colombia Nationals 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Edén Cubing 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- San Martin Cubea A 2022 · 15 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's Cube UPN 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Latin America Cubing Tour - Chía 2017 · 28 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Nacionales de SpeedCubing 2017 · 27 May 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.
- Dennis Rosero — met in 118 rounds, finished ahead 59 times
- Eduard Esteban García Domínguez — met in 115 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- David Stiven Benitez Guerra — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.64 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.