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Alessandro Manopulo

3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013MANO03

Alessandro Manopulo has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.00, set at Respighi Open 2014, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 106th in Italy. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since August 2013, he has put 1,583 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.31 in August 2013 to 8.00, a 48% improvement. Alessandro has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.00
signature single · Respighi Open 2014
1,583
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
3×38.009.43
top 2.8%106 / 2,882
2×22.433.96
top 8.2%255 / 2,068
4×437.4642.06
top 9.2%108 / 1,206
Skewb4.024.86
top 11.0%125 / 804
5×51:14.281:25.58
top 14.8%91 / 642
Megaminx1:27.501:59.47
top 26.5%139 / 544
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves48.67
top 33.6%89 / 266
Clock12.2813.28
top 36.3%183 / 414
Pyraminx8.0512.44
top 36.6%633 / 1,403
7×74:25.314:44.45
top 39.6%93 / 219
3×3 blindfolded2:22.907:40.73
top 41.0%104 / 244
6×63:01.973:19.06
top 42.0%114 / 273
3×3 one-handed31.7542.50
top 50.6%444 / 887
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 29:51—
early days — 3 solves81 / 100

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

N8W8 Summer 2013: 15.31Milan Blind Day 2013: 14.41Florence Open 2013: 14.28Big CubingItaly Open 2013: 13.31Aspe Open 2013: 12.67Italian Open 2013: 11.46Milan Winter Open 2014: 11.52Cannes Open 2014: 11.55Monticello Conte Otto Open 2014: 8.63Italian Championship 2014: 10.06Legnano Open 2014: 11.08Big CubingItaly 2014: 10.80No Parity Open 2014: 10.84Bugella Open 2014: 12.11Desio Rubik's Ace 2014: 9.58UPV Open 2014: 10.30Respighi Open 2014: 8.00PoliMi Italian Open 2014: 9.42Milan Winter Open 2015: 9.33Belgian Winter 2015: 9.69Small CubingItaly 2015: 9.50Topkek Rubik's Open 2015: 9.94Monticello Conte Otto Open 2015: 9.41Palaghiaccio Open 2015: 9.28Italian Championship 2015: 9.55Milan Cube Days 2015: 9.09Mantova Open 2015: 9.43Bugella Open 2015: 9.72Italian Open 2015: 9.74Milan Slam Open 2016: 8.31Florence Rubik's Cube Open 2016: 9.55European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 9.31Milan Summer Open 2016: 9.31The Most Serene Competition 2016: 8.90Italian Championship 2016: 10.15PoliMi Open 2016: 8.63Swisscubing Cup I 2017: 8.908.0015.3110 Aug 20134 Feb 2017

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.