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Samuel Martinez Sanchez

4×4 · top 1.3% of 83,917 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019SANC20

Samuel Martinez Sanchez has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 26.94, set at Unicentro Pereira II 2024, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Colombia. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 42 competitions since June 2019, he has put 2,699 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.77 in June 2019 to 7.18, a 51% improvement. Samuel has entered 42 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 1.3% of 83,917 all-time
26.94
signature single · Unicentro Pereira II 2024
2,699
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingColombia
4×426.9434.00
top 1.3%10 / 1,270
3×37.189.53
top 1.5%47 / 5,812
2×21.413.39
top 1.8%56 / 3,615
Megaminx43.5951.10
top 2.6%13 / 533
Skewb2.485.06
top 2.8%31 / 1,065
Pyraminx2.765.61
top 2.9%60 / 2,395
3×3 one-handed12.9316.56
top 4.3%38 / 1,175
5×558.031:05.10
top 4.6%13 / 506
3×3 blindfolded41.041:24.56
top 7.1%6 / 129
6×61:54.882:04.25
top 9.0%17 / 232
Clock7.097.89
top 11.3%55 / 435
7×73:04.883:12.84
top 11.9%23 / 182
4×4 blindfolded4:22.84—
top 17.3%6 / 23
Square-117.6720.22
top 22.6%71 / 317
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves39.33
top 26.7%47 / 155
5×5 blindfolded11:44.00—
top 27.6%5 / 13
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 5 cubes · 16:49—
top 35.1%16 / 50

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

CUDES Cali 2019: 14.77Cubing Comicland Pereira 2019: 12.94CUDES Cali 2020: 12.46Nacionales Fénix Colombia 2021: 10.78Neiva Open 2022: 9.81La Tablaza Open 2022: 9.63Cosmocentro 2022: 9.00Bibliopen Cali 2022: 11.08Colombia Nationals 2022: 9.42Bibliopen II Cali 2022: 9.26Bibliopen Cali 2023: 9.90Nacionales Colombia 2023: 10.18Unicentro Pereira 2023: 8.79Yumbo 2023: 9.44Cali Vuelve 2024: 7.41Libre Cube Challenge 2024: 9.29Unicentro Armenia 2024: 9.37Speedcubing Yumbo 2024: 9.67Prenacionales Colombia 2024: 8.83NxN Cali 2024: 9.15Unicentro Pereira II 2024: 9.60 Wembley Quimbaya 2024: 9.04Yumbo Univalle 2024: 9.01Único Yumbo 2024: 7.89Único Cali 2024: 8.36Colombian Nationals Avenida Chile 2024: 9.00Paulo VI Cartago 2025: 9.20Avenida Chile XX 2025: 8.75La Estacion Cali 2025: 8.95Cubing Comicfest Armenia 2025: 8.78Chipichape al Cubo 2025: 8.51Cubing Comicfest Cali 2025: 9.40Unicentro Pereira III 2025: 8.36Yumbo al Cubo 2025: 8.56Cubing Comicfest Cali II 2025: 8.50MYHM Colombian Nationals Eje Cafetero 2025: 8.16Chipichape al Cubo II 2026: 7.18Coliseo al Gratín Yumbo 2026: 9.10WCA South American Championship 2026: 8.08Bibliopen IV Cali 2026: 9.69Vijes Al Cubo 2026: 10.287.1814.771 Jun 201930 Aug 2026

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 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.