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Bolivar Chafla

3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017CHAF01

Bolivar Chafla has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.83, set at Nacionales Argentinas 2023, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in Ecuador. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since September 2017, he has put 1,227 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.56 in September 2017 to 7.83, a 46% improvement. Bolivar has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.83
signature single · Nacionales Argentinas 2023
1,227
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingEcuador
3×37.839.22
top 2.5%14 / 1,104
3×3 one-handed12.4714.85
top 3.6%5 / 243
4×431.4734.42
top 3.8%4 / 272
2×21.912.98
top 4.2%20 / 686
Megaminx52.3959.59
top 6.2%4 / 115
Pyraminx3.856.54
top 6.9%27 / 394
5×51:13.181:25.25
top 13.9%10 / 108
Skewb6.339.17
top 28.4%51 / 165
6×63:33.80—
early days — 2 solves23 / 42

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

Imbabura Open 2017: 14.56Tulcan Open 2018: 14.65Ecuador Nationals 2018: 13.96Tabacundo Open 2018: 10.82Ibarra Open 2018: 9.98Sin Fronteras Championship 2018: 11.31Ecuador Asciende 2018: 10.11Sumak Kawsay 2019: 8.92Ecuador Nationals 2019: 8.53Ibarra Open 2019: 9.89Sin Fronteras Ecuador 2019: 9.76Quito Open 2022: 10.25UIO 2022: 9.90Ibarra Open 2022: 9.29Ibarra UTN Open 2022: 9.17Ecuador Nationals 2022: 8.28San Miguel de Ibarra Open 2022: 8.66Di Tella Open v2 2023: 8.38Nacionales Argentinas 2023: 7.83Nacionales Uruguayas 2023: 7.95Ecuador Cubing 2024: 8.08Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2024: 8.08Lomas de Zamora 2024: 8.867.8314.652 Sep 20173 Nov 2024

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 1.83 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.