People · Costa Rica
Brandon Alejandro Carpio Garita
Skewb · top 2.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017GARI05
Brandon Alejandro Carpio Garita has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.46, set at Bekubes Open 2018, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Costa Rica. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since September 2017, he has put 388 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.74 in September 2017 to 9.92, a 28% improvement. Brandon has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Costa Rica | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.46 | 3.57 | top 2.7% | 2 / 133 | |
| 3×3 | 9.92 | 12.19 | top 7.2% | 35 / 367 | |
| Square-1 | 11.09 | 15.28 | top 8.2% | 5 / 52 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.31 | 7.12 | top 9.2% | 24 / 225 | |
| 2×2 | 3.32 | 4.77 | top 18.0% | 66 / 307 | |
| Megaminx | 1:22.35 | 1:29.79 | top 23.3% | 29 / 82 | |
| 4×4 | 58.40 | 1:06.32 | top 34.8% | 66 / 130 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.67 | 29.81 | top 38.5% | 70 / 135 | |
| 5×5 | 2:19.30 | 2:43.16 | top 60.7% | 55 / 75 | |
| 6×6 | 5:24.71 | — | early days — 1 solve | 30 / 30 |
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
- 12 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at Conta Cubes Cartago 2025.
- 15 Dec 2018Seven personal bests in one day at Cubing Chiriquí 2018.
- 14 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Costa Rica Nationals 2018.
- 24 Mar 2018Four personal bests in one day at Bekubes Open 2018.
- 9 Sep 2017First competition: Bekubes Costa Rica 2017. A 15.88 3×3 single to start from.
- 9 Sep 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.74 at Bekubes Costa Rica 2017.
Competitions
- Conta Cubes Cartago 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- VID Cubing 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Retro Mall San Pedro 2023 · 14 Jan 2023
- Cubing Heredia 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bekubes Gold 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Chiriquí 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Costa Rica Nationals 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Bekubes Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Bekubes Costa Rica 2017 · 9 Sep 2017 — 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.
- Jose Daniel Solano Rodríguez — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
- Sebastian Guerrero — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Dagne Poveda — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.