Pineda made much progression in the 2010 season: he had a jump of 7.76 m in Medellín in April then broke the Chilean record at the national championships the following month, winning his fourth straight title with a clearance of 7.97 m. At the end of May, he edged this a centimetre further in La Paz. He did not reach this form at the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics as he took tenth place for a second time running with a best jump of 7.33 m. Pineda was a guest at the Colombian championships in 2011 and improved his national mark to eight metres for the first time. Nine years after his victory at youth level, he won his first senior medal at the 2011 South American Championships in Athletics, taking the bronze medal. He made his debut at a world level event at the 2011 Summer Universiade and came twelfth in the long jump.