People · Portugal
Bruno Tender
3×3 · top 7.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016TEND01
Bruno Tender has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.82, set at Portugal Championship 2026, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 40th in Portugal. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since March 2016, he has put 366 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.38 in July 2016 to 9.82, a 71% improvement. Bruno has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.82 | 11.43 | top 7.0% | 40 / 565 | |
| 4×4 | 36.55 | 46.49 | top 8.3% | 22 / 228 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.07 | 1:23.16 | top 17.0% | 16 / 112 | |
| Skewb | 5.83 | 10.34 | top 24.5% | 59 / 183 | |
| 6×6 | 2:41.56 | 2:49.83 | top 31.7% | 15 / 43 | |
| 2×2 | 4.50 | 5.74 | top 33.0% | 163 / 429 | |
| Megaminx | 1:49.12 | 2:20.80 | top 40.0% | 40 / 115 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.05 | 37.06 | top 44.5% | 66 / 162 | |
| 7×7 | 4:51.04 | 5:06.51 | top 48.1% | 19 / 42 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.40 | 10.33 | top 48.2% | 156 / 269 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:01.57 | — | early days — 1 solve | 30 / 40 | |
| Square-1 | 1:16.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 88 / 98 |
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
- 9 Oct 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.82 at Portugal Championship 2026.
- 9 Oct 2026Six personal bests in one day at Portugal Championship 2026.
- 16 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Aveiro Big Cube Day 2026.
- 25 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Felgueiras ao Cubo 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at AEO Moliceiro Open 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Portugal Championship 2025.
Competitions
- Portugal Championship 2026 · 9 Oct 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Aveiro Big Cube Day 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- CNSE ao Cubo 2026 · 9 May 2026
- Felgueiras ao Cubo 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- AEO Moliceiro Open 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- CCM Winter Open 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Portugal Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Portugal Championship 2024 · 30 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Seomara Cube Fest 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Fão Cube Open 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- CLIP Open 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CLIP Open 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Explorarubik 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Lisboa Open 2016 · 23 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- CLIP Open 2016 · 12 Mar 2016
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.
- Pedro Azevedo — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead once
- David Martins — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- António Gomes — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 6.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.