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Alessandro Calzolaro

2×2 · top 9.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2009 · 2009CALZ01

Alessandro Calzolaro has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.59, set at Legnano Open 2012, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 306th in Italy. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2009, he has put 251 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 8 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.84 in September 2009 to 10.81, a 74% improvement. Alessandro has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.59
signature single · Legnano Open 2012
251
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
2×22.594.25
top 9.8%306 / 2,068
3×310.8112.87
top 9.9%373 / 2,882
4×445.3155.23
top 18.7%236 / 1,206
3×3 one-handed25.9128.31
top 36.6%325 / 887
5×51:51.222:06.24
top 43.4%259 / 642
3×3 blindfolded2:42.53
early days — 2 solves120 / 244
Pyraminx14.5318.42
top 80.1%1,158 / 1,403
Square-11:06.88
early days — 2 solves350 / 411

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

Mantua Open 2009: 40.84Obei Obei Open 2009: 33.81Mantua Spring 2011: 19.78Veneto Open 2011: 13.13Trentin Open 2011: 12.15Mantua Winter 2011: 11.50Schio Open 2012: 11.06Legnano Open 2012: 10.8110.8140.8419 Sep 200929 Apr 2012

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.