People · Italy
Carmelo Piazza
3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018PIAZ01
Carmelo Piazza has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.91, set at Bologna NxN Spring 2019, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 174th in Italy. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2018, he has put 115 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.14 in October 2018 to 8.91, a 45% improvement. Carmelo has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Italy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.91 | 12.11 | top 4.7% | 174 / 2,882 | |
| 4×4 | 41.25 | 56.74 | top 13.6% | 163 / 1,206 | |
| 2×2 | 3.83 | 7.07 | top 24.3% | 651 / 2,068 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.91 | 15.68 | top 72.5% | 1,072 / 1,403 | |
| 5×5 | 4:46.27 | — | early days — 1 solve | 615 / 642 |
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
- 4 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Etna Open 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.47 at Bologna NxN Spring 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.91 at Bologna NxN Spring 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019Four personal bests in one day at Bologna NxN Spring 2019.
- 6 Oct 2018First competition: Sicily Open 2018. A 16.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sicily Summer: Arancino Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Paternò: Back To Sicily 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Etna Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Bologna NxN Spring 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Sicily Open 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Vincenzo Maria Gammino — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Damiano Di Paola — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Riccardo Raciti — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.