People · Colombia
Samuel Josué Rodríguez
2×2 · top 7.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025RODR03
Samuel Josué Rodríguez has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.33, set at Innovo Duitama III 2025, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 238th in Colombia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2025, he has put 136 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.49 in January 2025 to 12.82, a 22% improvement. Samuel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Colombia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.33 | 5.92 | top 7.3% | 238 / 3,615 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.00 | 8.06 | top 7.6% | 172 / 2,395 | |
| 3×3 | 12.82 | 15.90 | top 16.8% | 716 / 5,812 | |
| Skewb | 6.15 | 7.41 | top 26.9% | 311 / 1,065 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.93 | 1:18.69 | top 51.5% | 742 / 1,270 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.78 | 41.65 | top 56.9% | 664 / 1,175 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.27 at Innovo Duitama III 2025.
- 29 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at Innovo Duitama III 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Unicentro Tunja 2025.
- 19 Jan 2025First competition: Plaza Madero Chía III 2025. A 18.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Unicentro Tunja III 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Innovo Duitama III 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Innovo Duitama II 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Unicentro Tunja 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Plaza Madero Chía III 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best 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 30 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Daniel Matías Pita — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Juan José Ochoa López — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.