People · Colombia
Samuel Flórez Carvajal
3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2021 · 2021CARV01
Samuel Flórez Carvajal has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.91, set at Poliedros Aves María 2024, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 91st in Colombia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since October 2021, he has put 1,620 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.27 in October 2021 to 7.91, a 30% improvement. Samuel has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 | 7.91 | 9.69 | top 2.6% | 91 / 5,812 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.01 | 5.70 | top 3.7% | 79 / 2,395 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.57 | 15.30 | top 3.8% | 28 / 1,175 | |
| 2×2 | 2.20 | 3.46 | top 6.2% | 206 / 3,615 | |
| 4×4 | 35.00 | 44.23 | top 6.7% | 77 / 1,270 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.82 | 1:24.09 | top 16.7% | 91 / 506 | |
| Skewb | 5.13 | 6.88 | top 19.2% | 233 / 1,065 | |
| Square-1 | 17.00 | 20.93 | top 21.0% | 66 / 317 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.01 | 1:40.02 | top 24.9% | 171 / 533 | |
| Clock | 11.55 | 20.28 | top 32.8% | 144 / 435 | |
| 6×6 | 2:50.03 | 3:06.24 | top 36.1% | 82 / 232 | |
| 7×7 | 4:30.45 | 4:54.74 | top 41.2% | 85 / 182 |
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
- 27 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Amor y Amistad Aves María 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubolimpiadas Aves María 2025.
- 27 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Copa Beillín 2024.
- 20 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Nacionales Colombia 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.39 at El Carmen de Viboral 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023Six personal bests in one day at El Carmen de Viboral 2023.
Competitions
- Amor y Amistad Aves María 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Medellín Explora 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubolimpiadas Aves María 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Regreso a Clases Aves María 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- Medellin Explora 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Colombian Nationals Avenida Chile 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- José Félix de Restrepo Vélez 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Poliedros Aves María 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- 50 Años Cubeando Aves María 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Copa Beillín 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Aves María Nuevos Campeones 2024 · 10 Mar 2024
- Bosque Plaza al Cubo 2024 · 9 Mar 2024
- Please Be Solved Aventura 2024 · 28 Jan 2024
- Pocos Cupos Rionegro 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Navidad Explora Medellín 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Beat the Clock Sabaneta 2023 · 10 Sep 2023
- Aves María Teams 2023 · 20 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rionegro al Cubo 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Aventura The Return 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Nacionales Colombia 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- El Carmen de Viboral 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Colombia Nationals 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- UNAC Medellín 2022 · 26 Jun 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Aves María 2022 · 20 Mar 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Seminario 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Nacionales Fénix Colombia 2021 · 13 Nov 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Aves María El Renacimiento 2021 · 2 Oct 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.
- Ale Restrepo — met in 293 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
- Julian Daza Grisales — met in 248 rounds, finished ahead 51 times
- Juan Esteban Ochoa — met in 231 rounds, finished ahead 60 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.