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Samuel Jimenez Arroyave

3×3 · top 6.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016ARRO04

Samuel Jimenez Arroyave has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.46, set at Cubing Comicland Pereira 2019, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 227th in Colombia. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2016, he has put 270 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.55 in June 2016 to 9.46, a 67% improvement. Samuel has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.0% of 284,439 all-time
9.46
signature single · Cubing Comicland Pereira 2019
270
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingColombia
3×39.4611.49
top 6.0%227 / 5,812
3×3 one-handed17.2022.19
top 13.1%117 / 1,175
4×442.3648.93
top 14.9%198 / 1,270
2×23.213.88
top 16.7%535 / 3,615
Pyraminx5.7411.67
top 18.1%390 / 2,395
5×51:56.282:06.99
top 46.9%289 / 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

Torneo Rubik Aventura 2016: 28.55Álzate Oficial 2018: 12.80Medellín Explora 2018: 12.91El Carmen De Viboral 2019: 9.95UNAC Medellín 2019: 10.29Nacionales Medellín Explora 2019: 10.86Regionales Medellín 2019: 9.75Cubing Comicland Pereira 2019: 9.46Aves María 2022: 11.299.4628.5525 Jun 201620 Mar 2022

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.