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Samuel German Giraldo Quintero

2×2 · top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022QUIN17

Samuel German Giraldo Quintero has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.73, set at Cubing Comicfest Armenia 2025, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 107th in Colombia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since December 2022, he has put 1,297 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.24 in December 2022 to 1.73, a 59% improvement. Samuel has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.73
signature single · Cubing Comicfest Armenia 2025
1,297
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingColombia
2×21.732.66
top 3.2%107 / 3,615
3×311.3114.81
top 11.5%469 / 5,812
Pyraminx5.337.74
top 15.3%330 / 2,395
Skewb6.169.43
top 27.0%312 / 1,065
3×3 one-handed22.4427.74
top 27.2%275 / 1,175
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves—
early days — 3 solves70 / 155
Clock13.3618.38
top 41.1%190 / 435
4×41:04.781:17.60
top 41.5%584 / 1,270
Square-143.90—
top 69.8%228 / 317
5×54:43.50—
early days — 1 solve503 / 506

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

Bibliopen II Cali 2022: 4.24Bibliopen Cali 2023: 3.45Unicentro Pereira 2023: 3.72Yumbo 2023: 5.22Monterrey Bogotá VI 2024: 4.19Cali Vuelve 2024: 4.94Speedcubing Yumbo 2024: 4.49Prenacionales Colombia 2024: 2.92NxN Cali 2024: 3.37Unicentro Pereira II 2024: 4.12 Wembley Quimbaya 2024: 2.85Unicentro Armenia II 2024: 2.32Yumbo Univalle 2024: 2.60Único Yumbo 2024: 2.95Único Cali 2024: 2.67Colombian Nationals Avenida Chile 2024: 2.56Único Pasto 2024: 2.65Paulo VI Cartago 2025: 2.97La Estacion Cali 2025: 3.01Cubing Comicfest Armenia 2025: 1.73Chipichape al Cubo 2025: 2.57Cubing Comicfest Cali 2025: 2.00Unicentro Armenia IV 2025: 2.36Unicentro Pereira III 2025: 2.78Yumbo al Cubo 2025: 2.94Cubing Comicfest Cali II 2025: 2.56MYHM Colombian Nationals Eje Cafetero 2025: 2.29Cubes on Top Pereira I 2026: 2.76Chipichape al Cubo II 2026: 2.26Valinor Skewbing Cartago 2026: 2.36Coliseo al Gratín Yumbo 2026: 1.91WCA South American Championship 2026: 3.23Bibliopen IV Cali 2026: 2.01Vijes Al Cubo 2026: 2.321.735.223 Dec 202230 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.