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Samuel Felipe Palacios Higuera

3×3 · top 54.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018HIGU01

Samuel Felipe Palacios Higuera has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.81, set at CUDES Cali 2019, puts him in the top 54.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,721st in Colombia. Across 3 competitions since September 2018, he has put 34 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.74 in September 2018 to 25.81, a 47% improvement. Samuel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 54.4% of 284,439 all-time
25.81
signature single · CUDES Cali 2019
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingColombia
3×325.8130.00
top 54.4%2,721 / 5,812
2×26.5010.71
top 55.9%1,835 / 3,615
Pyraminx13.1018.11
top 73.4%1,617 / 2,395

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

Sergio Arboleda 2018: 48.74Ibagué Open 2019: 29.64CUDES Cali 2019: 25.8125.8148.7415 Sep 20181 Jun 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.