People · Colombia
Samuel David Zuleta Parra
2×2 · top 3.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021PARR03
Samuel David Zuleta Parra has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.74, set at NxN Cali 2024, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 110th in Colombia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since December 2021, he has put 470 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.08 in December 2021 to 1.74, a 57% improvement. Samuel has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Colombia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.74 | 2.78 | top 3.3% | 110 / 3,643 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.27 | 5.51 | top 4.6% | 102 / 2,423 | |
| Skewb | 2.92 | 4.44 | top 4.6% | 56 / 1,073 | |
| 3×3 | 12.68 | 18.09 | top 16.4% | 704 / 5,867 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.68 | 1:25.45 | top 45.6% | 660 / 1,284 | |
| Clock | 17.40 | 23.16 | top 56.8% | 251 / 441 | |
| Megaminx | 2:29.44 | — | early days — 1 solve | 423 / 544 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.32 | 52.69 | top 68.5% | 837 / 1,192 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 Dec 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.20 at Yumbo 2023.
- 4 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Bibliopen Cali 2022.
- 31 Jul 2022Six personal bests in one day at Cosmocentro 2022.
- 29 Jan 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.59 at Seminario 2022.
- 29 Jan 2022Five personal bests in one day at Seminario 2022.
- 18 Dec 2021First competition: Bogotá Open 2021. A 23.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing Comicfest Cali 2025 · 2 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- NxN Cali 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Prenacionales Colombia 2024 · 12 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cali Vuelve 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Yumbo 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bibliopen Cali 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bibliopen II Cali 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bibliopen Cali 2022 · 4 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Cosmocentro 2022 · 31 Jul 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Regreso a Clases 2022 · 26 Feb 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Seminario 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Bogotá Open 2021 · 18 Dec 2021
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.
- Santiago Peña Urrego — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
- Samuel Martinez Sanchez — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
- Nicolas Marin Urrea — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.