People · Spain
Samuel Orellana Mateo
Pyraminx · top 8.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025MATE11
Samuel Orellana Mateo has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.19, set at NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 271st in Spain. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since October 2025, he has put 26 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.00 in October 2025 to 22.69, a 22% improvement. Samuel has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.19 | 21.90 | top 8.6% | 271 / 2,865 | |
| 3×3 | 22.69 | 30.82 | top 47.2% | 2,067 / 5,141 | |
| Skewb | 14.79 | 19.15 | top 77.6% | 1,232 / 1,685 | |
| 4×4 | 2:13.75 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,414 / 1,762 |
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
- 19 Oct 2025First competition: NCSU Wolfpack 2025. A 29.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NCSU Wolfpack 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
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.
- Jeremy Ciborowski — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Catrina M. Crouse — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Oliver McIntire — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.