People · Italy
Andrea Mercurio
2×2 · top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023MERC11
Andrea Mercurio has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.91, set at Sicily Spring 2025, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 145th in Italy. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2023, he has put 235 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.91 in September 2023 to 11.28, a 53% improvement. Andrea has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Italy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.91 | 4.10 | top 4.2% | 145 / 2,068 | |
| 3×3 | 11.28 | 14.72 | top 11.4% | 428 / 2,882 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.02 | 6.96 | top 13.3% | 262 / 1,403 | |
| 4×4 | 47.05 | 59.58 | top 20.9% | 255 / 1,206 | |
| Skewb | 5.66 | 7.55 | top 23.2% | 253 / 804 | |
| Clock | 12.09 | 14.43 | top 35.4% | 179 / 414 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.64 | 37.01 | top 48.1% | 420 / 887 | |
| 5×5 | 2:27.81 | 3:03.06 | top 64.8% | 391 / 642 | |
| Megaminx | 3:08.67 | — | top 77.2% | 404 / 544 |
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
- 12 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.08 at Sicily Spring 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025Five personal bests in one day at Sicily Spring 2025.
- 6 Jul 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.09 at Sicily Summer: Arancina Open 2024.
- 6 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Sicily Summer: Arancina Open 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Paternò: Back To Sicily 2024.
- 9 Sep 2023First competition: Parthenope Back to School 2023. A 23.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Sicily Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sicily Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Sicily Summer: Arancina Open 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Paternò: Back To Sicily 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Parthenope Back to School 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
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.
- Damiano Di Paola — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Vincenzo Maria Gammino — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Gabriel La Russa — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.