People · Colombia
Samuel Elías Hernández Salamanca
Pyraminx · top 0.44% of 130,891 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023SALA11
Samuel Elías Hernández Salamanca has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.51, set at Innovo Duitama III 2025, puts him in the top 0.44% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Colombia. Until March 2013, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since June 2023, he has put 605 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.92 in June 2023 to 8.95, a 69% improvement. Samuel has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Colombia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.51 | 3.18 | top 0.44% | 7 / 2,423 | |
| 2×2 | 1.97 | 3.66 | top 4.6% | 157 / 3,643 | |
| 3×3 | 8.95 | 10.47 | top 4.8% | 189 / 5,867 | |
| Clock | 6.81 | 8.52 | top 10.2% | 52 / 441 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.36 | 27.44 | top 13.5% | 126 / 1,192 | |
| 4×4 | 48.53 | 53.43 | top 22.9% | 305 / 1,284 | |
| Skewb | 7.87 | 11.01 | top 40.4% | 463 / 1,073 | |
| Megaminx | 1:52.38 | 1:57.52 | top 41.8% | 301 / 544 |
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
- 12 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at WCA South American Championship 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Unicentro Tunja III 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Innovo Duitama III 2025.
- 13 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Unicentro Tunja II 2025.
- 13 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Unicentro Tunja II 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Unicentro Tunja 2025.
Competitions
- Paipa al Cubo 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- 75 por Ciento Sumercé 2026 · 12 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- WCA South American Championship 2026 · 12 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Unicentro Tunja III 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Innovo Duitama III 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Unicentro Yopal 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Innovo Duitama II 2025 · 25 May 2025
- Unicentro Tunja II 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Unicentro Tunja 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Yopal Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Ritmo Boyacá Innovo Duitama 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Duitama II 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Capitanejo 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Boyaquirá Tunja 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
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 116 rounds, finished ahead 59 times
- Martin Ayala Valderrama — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Juan José Ochoa López — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.