People · Colombia
Santiago López Velandia
3×3 · top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022VELA05
Santiago López Velandia has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.61, set at Titan Plaza Bogotá 2025, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 247th in Colombia. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2022, he has put 106 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 12.71 in May 2022 to 9.61, a 24% improvement. Santiago has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.61 | 12.87 | top 6.4% | 247 / 5,812 | |
| 4×4 | 40.40 | 50.38 | top 12.6% | 163 / 1,270 | |
| 2×2 | 2.95 | 5.29 | top 13.7% | 425 / 3,615 | |
| Megaminx | 1:17.37 | 1:27.30 | top 20.1% | 140 / 533 | |
| Skewb | 6.32 | 10.60 | top 28.3% | 332 / 1,065 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.23 | 28.54 | top 37.4% | 406 / 1,175 |
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 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.61 at Titan Plaza Bogotá 2025.
- 3 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Titan Plaza Bogotá 2025.
- 22 May 2022First competition: San Martin Cubea B 2022. A 12.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Avenida Chile XXX 2026 · 18 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Titan Plaza Bogotá 2025 · 3 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Avenida Chile XXIII 2025 · 8 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- San Martin Cubea B 2022 · 22 May 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.
- Juan Sebastian Vela — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Manuel Popayán — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jacob Goossens Celis — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.