In the past year (2023), Manuel Popayán competed in 49 competitions and 390 rounds across 12 events, from Jan 7th to Dec 23rd.
Records
He broke 1 record, which was a NR.
Podiums
He has been on the podium 94 times across 7 events, including 32 golds, 39 silvers, and 23 bronzes.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 14 | 14 | 5 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 10 | 7 | 7 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 6 | 11 | 3 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Square-1 | | 2 | 1 |
| Megaminx | | 1 | 1 |
Solves/Attempts
He attempted 1902 solves and completed 1877.
| Event | Solves | Attempts |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 640 | 645 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 377 | 380 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 214 | 215 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 197 | 200 |
| Megaminx | 110 | 110 |
| Square-1 | 89 | 90 |
| Pyraminx | 85 | 90 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 84 | 85 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 36 | 36 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 30 | 30 |
| Clock | 12 | 15 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 3 | 6 |
Personal Bests
He broke his personal best 34 times across 12 events, including 15 singles and 19 averages.
| Event | Times | Single | Average |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Clock | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Megaminx | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Square-1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Pyraminx | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Improvements of Single
| Event | ≤2022 | 2023 | Improvement |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 1.82 | 1.51 | 0.31 (20.53%) |
| Square-1 | 13.81 | 11.91 | 1.90 (15.95%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 6.52 | 5.88 | 0.64 (10.88%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 1:08.32 | 1:04.68 | 3.64 (5.63%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 10.86 | 10.52 | 0.34 (3.23%) |
| Megaminx | 55.29 | 53.80 | 1.49 (2.77%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 28.33 | 27.61 | 0.72 (2.61%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 2:13.64 | 2:10.43 | 3.21 (2.46%) |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 3:21.33 | 3:17.19 | 4.14 (2.10%) |
| Clock | - | 21.01 | - |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | - | 33 | - |
Improvements of Average
| Event | ≤2022 | 2023 | Improvement |
| Square-1 | 23.13 | 19.22 | 3.91 (20.34%) |
| Pyraminx | 8.31 | 7.11 | 1.20 (16.88%) |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 3.66 | 3.27 | 0.39 (11.93%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 1:13.26 | 1:08.77 | 4.49 (6.53%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 16.11 | 15.13 | 0.98 (6.48%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 8.18 | 7.83 | 0.35 (4.47%) |
| Megaminx | 1:04.05 | 1:02.44 | 1.61 (2.58%) |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 3:34.11 | 3:33.23 | 0.88 (0.41%) |
| Clock | - | 25.56 | - |
Cubers
He met 1175 cubers from 12 countries/regions, 464 of whom competed with him more than once.
| Shared Competitions | Competitors |
| 1 | 711 |
| 2 | 212 |
| 3 | 103 |
| 4 | 49 |
| 5 | 26 |
| 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 12 |
| 8 | 9 |
| 9 | 3 |
| 10 | 8 |
| 11 | 2 |
| 13 | 4 |
| 14 | 1 |
| 15 | 2 |
| 16 | 1 |
| 17 | 2 |
| 18 | 2 |
| 20 | 4 |
| 21 | 2 |
| 23 | 1 |
| 25 | 1 |
| 26 | 1 |
| 28 | 1 |
| 29 | 2 |
| 33 | 1 |
| 42 | 1 |
| 43 | 1 |
| 48 | 1 |
| All | 1175 |
Regions
He competed in 1 country/region.
