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Benedetto Palazzo
Pyraminx · top 35.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024PALA13
Benedetto Palazzo has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.87, set at Rome IC Qualifier 2025, puts him in the top 35.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 617th in Italy. Across 6 competitions since November 2024, he has put 84 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.89 in November 2024 to 18.73, a 41% improvement. Benedetto 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 7.87 | 13.50 | top 35.1% | 617 / 1,403 | |
| 3×3 | 18.73 | 21.52 | top 36.3% | 1,217 / 2,882 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.32 | — | top 61.6% | 733 / 1,206 | |
| 2×2 | 7.69 | 12.27 | top 65.7% | 1,514 / 2,068 | |
| Skewb | 13.54 | 17.10 | top 73.0% | 638 / 804 | |
| Clock | 26.34 | — | top 79.1% | 330 / 414 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:24.10 | — | early days — 3 solves | 829 / 887 | |
| Megaminx | 4:55.10 | — | early days — 1 solve | 529 / 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
- 27 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rome IC Qualifier 2025.
- 6 Sep 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.73 at Eretum III 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025First sub-30 3×3: 27.54 at Eretum I 2025.
- 1 Nov 2024First competition: Rubik's Italian Championship 2024. A 31.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rome IC Qualifier 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Eretum III 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rome Spring Open 2025 · 25 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubbOpen Roma 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Eretum I 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
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 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Flavio Rimi — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simone Molinari — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.87 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.