People · Colombia
Samuel Tapias Becerra
3×3 · top 10.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025BECE07
Samuel Tapias Becerra has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.82, set at Unicentro Armenia V 2026, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 408th in Colombia. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2025, he has put 128 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.86 in November 2025 to 10.82, a 36% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.82 | 12.84 | top 10.0% | 408 / 5,867 | |
| 4×4 | 45.18 | 52.33 | top 18.6% | 256 / 1,284 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.13 | 11.27 | top 29.0% | 651 / 2,423 | |
| 2×2 | 4.19 | 4.96 | top 29.0% | 960 / 3,643 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.75 | 1:39.55 | top 30.5% | 178 / 517 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.67 | 38.65 | top 58.6% | 707 / 1,192 |
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
- 9 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Chinchiná Open 2026.
- 26 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Más 2 Quebradas 2026.
- 14 Dec 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.65 at Cubos y Libros Pereira 2025.
- 14 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubos y Libros Pereira 2025.
- 15 Nov 2025First competition: MYHM Colombian Nationals Eje Cafetero 2025. A 16.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Unicentro Armenia V 2026 · 20 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Chinchiná Open 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Más 2 Quebradas 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubos y Libros Pereira 2025 · 14 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- MYHM Colombian Nationals Eje Cafetero 2025 · 15 Nov 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.
- Juan Daniel Tangarife Ortiz — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Elian Stiven Posso Saldarriaga — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Gabriel Alejandro Guacaneme Torres — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 5.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.