People · Colombia
Samuel Martínez Valbuena
2×2 · top 9.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019VALB01
Samuel Martínez Valbuena has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.56, set at Avenida Chile XXII 2025, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 295th in Colombia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since October 2019, he has put 54 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.23 in October 2019 to 2.56, a 39% improvement. Samuel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 2.56 | 6.33 | top 9.5% | 295 / 3,615 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.83 | 15.08 | top 26.5% | 582 / 2,395 | |
| 3×3 | 16.27 | 23.34 | top 28.7% | 1,277 / 5,812 | |
| Clock | 21.14 | 28.15 | top 67.9% | 299 / 435 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Jan 2020First sub-20 3×3: 16.27 at Regreso a Clases Bogotá 2020.
- 26 Oct 2019First competition: Festival Cubero Clásico CBN 2019. A 23.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Avenida Chile XXII 2025 · 18 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Regreso a Clases Bogotá 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Festival Cubero Clásico CBN 2019 · 26 Oct 2019
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 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eduard Esteban García Domínguez — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Manuel Popayán — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.