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Anthony J. Pranzo

3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023PRAN01

Anthony J. Pranzo has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.99, set at Sonvico Sunset 2026, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 61st in Italy. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2023, he has put 126 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.44 in April 2023 to 6.99, a 44% improvement. Anthony has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time
6.99
signature single · Sonvico Sunset 2026
126
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
3×36.999.10
top 1.3%61 / 2,882
2×22.143.20
top 5.7%0 / 2,068

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

Empire State Spring 2023: 12.44CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023: 11.91Empire State Fall Favorites 2023: 7.48Empire State NxN 2024: 7.90New New York New Year 2024: 8.94Binghamton Winter 2025: 7.94Empire State Winter 2025: 7.71Rubik's Italian Championship 2025: 7.73Sonvico Sunset 2026: 6.996.9912.448 Apr 20233 Jul 2026

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.

  • Evan Liu — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Louis Truong — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Ethan Qiu — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 13 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.