People · Peru
Samuel Vilca Salinas
3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022SALI02
Samuel Vilca Salinas has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.09, set at Plaza Center Cube Lima IV 2024, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 211th in Peru. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since April 2022, he has put 348 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.17 in April 2022 to 9.09, a 47% improvement. Samuel has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Peru | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.09 | 10.65 | top 5.1% | 211 / 4,344 | |
| 2×2 | 2.19 | 3.30 | top 6.1% | 165 / 2,419 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.90 | 14.03 | top 7.2% | 124 / 1,366 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.65 | 21.90 | top 14.2% | 189 / 812 |
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
- 3 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at Chosica Cubing Cup 2023.
- 12 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at San Marcos Open 2023.
- 20 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cube Force Lima 2023.
- 4 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Lima Summer 2023.
- 6 Aug 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.22 at Real Cube 2022.
- 30 Apr 2022First competition: TCG Nueva Generación 2022. A 17.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- PUCP Cubing Festival VII 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Peru Nationals 2025 · 29 Aug 2025
- TCG Space lV Santa Anita 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
- Plaza Center Cube Lima IV 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Plaza Center Cube Lima lll 2024 · 10 Feb 2024
- Real Cube II Lima 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Plaza Center Cube Lima II 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Plaza Center Cube Lima I 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Chosica Cubing Cup 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- San Marcos Open 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Peru Nationals 2023 · 4 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Force Lima 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Lima Summer 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Real Cube 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- School Winter Lima 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- TCG Nueva Generación 2022 · 30 Apr 2022 — 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.
- Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead once
- Pedro Giuseppe Garcia Milla — met in 72 rounds, never finished ahead
- Benjamín Ochoa — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.