People · Chile
Bruno Benjamín Tapia Covarrubias
3×3 · top 6.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017COVA01
Bruno Benjamín Tapia Covarrubias has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.63, set at Melipilla Open 2021, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 131st in Chile. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2017, he has put 157 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.23 in April 2017 to 9.63, a 59% improvement. Bruno has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chile | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.63 | 12.16 | top 6.5% | 131 / 2,100 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 3.72 | top 12.4% | 147 / 1,313 | |
| 4×4 | 55.61 | 1:03.44 | top 31.6% | 226 / 563 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.31 | 13.00 | top 55.5% | 439 / 872 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.92 | 46.58 | top 65.2% | 327 / 462 |
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
- 4 Dec 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.63 at Melipilla Open 2021.
- 27 Oct 2017First sub-20 3×3: 14.78 at DEC Open 2017.
- 27 Oct 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.78 at DEC Open 2017.
- 1 Apr 2017First competition: Rubik Soletta Santiago 2017. A 23.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Viña Newcomers Open 2025 · 2 Mar 2025
- Melipilla Open 2021 · 4 Dec 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Santiago UV de Otoño 2018 · 14 Apr 2018
- Colegio Newton Yura 2018 · 11 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Instituto Nacional Open 2017 · 2 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- DEC Open 2017 · 27 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Latin America Cubing Tour - Santiago 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik Soletta Santiago 2017 · 1 Apr 2017
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.
- Felipe Medel — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Irenco Peña Henríquez — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Gabriel Ignacio Fernández Albarracin — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.