People · United States
Francesca Magnarelli
3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017MAGN02
Francesca Magnarelli has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.28, set at Boston University Winter 2019, puts her in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,089th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2017, she has put 336 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 11.84 in November 2017 to 9.28, a 22% improvement. Francesca has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.28 | 11.04 | top 5.5% | 3,089 / 59,724 | |
| Square-1 | 9.83 | 18.49 | top 5.8% | 422 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.59 | 6.61 | top 10.8% | 2,809 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 42.95 | 44.08 | top 15.7% | 2,373 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.24 | 4.01 | top 17.1% | 6,687 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.93 | 6.50 | top 17.6% | 2,786 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.12 | 1:26.92 | top 20.0% | 1,560 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.36 | 23.90 | top 24.2% | 3,104 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:38.66 | 1:47.33 | top 33.8% | 2,400 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 3:38.53 | 3:44.91 | top 58.1% | 2,217 / 4,196 |
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 Jan 2020Four personal bests in one day at MIT Winter 2020.
- 12 Jan 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.28 at Boston University Winter 2019.
- 12 Jan 2019Five personal bests in one day at Boston University Winter 2019.
- 6 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at MIT Fall 2018.
- 10 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at Cubing with the Viking 2017.
- 11 Nov 2017First competition: Weston Fall 2017. A 12.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- An Afternoon in Cambridge 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- MIT Winter 2020 · 12 Jan 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- The Battle of Lexington 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Boston University Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- BU Spring 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Framingham Frozen Fingers 2018 · 7 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Viking 2017 · 10 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Weston Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 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 her.
- James Quinn — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Adriel Wiebe — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Alex Cohen — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
Targets move as she improves.