People · Italy
Alessandro Fava
Megaminx · top 0.98% of 34,786 all-time · competing since January 2015 · 2015FAVA01
Alessandro Fava has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 37.12, set at Rubik's Italian Championship 2025, puts him in the top 0.98% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Italy. Until May 2016, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 48 competitions since January 2015, he has put 2,846 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.43 in January 2015 to 7.35, a 72% improvement. Alessandro has entered 48 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Italy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 37.12 | 40.79 | top 0.98% | 3 / 544 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.13 | 3.70 | top 1.4% | 37 / 1,403 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.58 | 14.40 | top 1.5% | 11 / 887 | |
| 3×3 | 7.35 | 8.64 | top 1.8% | 73 / 2,882 | |
| 2×2 | 1.89 | 2.73 | top 4.1% | 141 / 2,068 | |
| 4×4 | 32.02 | 37.64 | top 4.2% | 53 / 1,206 | |
| Skewb | 2.99 | 5.85 | top 4.9% | 58 / 804 | |
| Square-1 | 10.60 | 17.36 | top 7.2% | 33 / 411 | |
| 5×5 | 1:04.95 | 1:09.38 | top 8.4% | 51 / 642 | |
| 6×6 | 2:14.96 | 2:19.44 | top 18.0% | 48 / 273 | |
| 7×7 | 3:39.78 | 3:56.36 | top 23.5% | 52 / 219 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:16.58 | 2:36.68 | top 38.9% | 100 / 244 |
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
- 5 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at ASVP Side Events 2023.
- 27 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Swiss Nationals 2023.
- 29 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Lodi Time Trial 2023.
- 1 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Italy for Charity 2023.
- 18 Jun 2022Five personal bests in one day at Carpi Goes Big 2022.
- 23 Apr 2022Five personal bests in one day at Sarzana Seaside Cubing 2022.
Competitions
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- LaFilanda Speedcubing 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Malegno Valleminx 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Camuni al Cubo 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- V per Varese 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Almost Flaminia Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- Muggiò Summer 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Mega Chiasso 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rovereto Speedcubing 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
- Forlì Big Cubes Open 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Italian Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023
- Ticino Open 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bagnolo al Cubo 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- Muggiò & Chill Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cles: Too Hot For Cubing 2023 · 12 Aug 2023
- ASVP Side Events 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Eretum III: WC Warmup 2023 · 30 Jun 2023
- Swiss Nationals 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Lodi Time Trial 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Italy for Charity 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cles Side Events 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Parthenope Open 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup I 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Italian Championship 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Muggiò Minx Open 2022 · 29 Oct 2022
- Romagna Open 2022 · 2 Jul 2022
- Carpi Goes Big 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- AssoKappa Meets Speedcubing 2022 · 14 May 2022
- Sarzana Seaside Cubing 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Pesaro Open 2022 · 26 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Road to IC - Milano 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Italian Championship 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Gessate Open 2017 · 21 Oct 2017
- Ticino Open 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Milan Cube Day 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Turin Cube Day 2017 · 5 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup I 2017 · 4 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- PoliMi Open 2016 · 3 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Italian Championship 2016 · 8 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Milan Summer Open 2016 · 31 Jul 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Milan Slam Open 2016 · 13 Mar 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Italian Open 2015 · 5 Dec 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Bugella Open 2015 · 31 Oct 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Milan Cube Days 2015 · 19 Sep 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- PoliMi Open 2015 · 30 May 2015
- Topkek Rubik's Open 2015 · 29 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Milan Winter Open 2015 · 4 Jan 2015
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.
- Marco Rota — met in 428 rounds, finished ahead 302 times
- Matteo Provasi — met in 382 rounds, finished ahead 311 times
- Simone Cantarelli — met in 355 rounds, finished ahead 250 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 7.12 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.