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Santiago A. Ospina Botero

3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2013 · 2013BOTE01

Santiago A. Ospina Botero has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.19, set at Hessen Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 48th in Colombia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since September 2013, he has put 688 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.80 in September 2013 to 7.19, a 64% improvement. Santiago has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.19
signature single · Hessen Open 2025
688
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingColombia
3×37.198.57
top 1.6%48 / 5,812
4×432.4435.83
top 4.5%49 / 1,270
5×558.521:05.10
top 4.8%15 / 506
2×22.763.55
top 11.6%353 / 3,615
Skewb4.169.44
top 12.0%149 / 1,065
Pyraminx4.8110.84
top 12.0%262 / 2,395
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves—
top 12.2%20 / 155
6×62:02.962:24.47
top 12.2%29 / 232
Megaminx1:09.941:26.37
top 15.6%110 / 533
3×3 one-handed18.6920.25
top 16.9%162 / 1,175
7×73:33.613:51.61
top 21.0%42 / 182
3×3 blindfolded4:49.02—
early days — 1 solve92 / 129

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

Torneo RubikBlind 2013: 19.80Torneo Profecia II 2013: 12.09Bogotá Cúbico 2014: 13.19Colombia Nationals 2014: 9.43Torneo UPN 2014: 10.20Torneo SpeedCubing Centro Suba II 2016: 10.81Santpedor Open 2024: 9.11Val d'Aran Open 2024: 7.89Lleida Open 2024: 9.18Fires de Girona 2024: 7.97Barcelona Open 2024: 8.11Tarragona Open 2024: 7.76Parets Open 2025: 8.16Mainzelcubing 2025: 8.80Hessen Open 2025: 7.19Vilafranca Open 2026: 8.25Parets Open 2026: 8.057.1919.8022 Sep 201314 Mar 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.