People · Canada
Francesco Arias
3×3 · top 16.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025ARIA08
Francesco Arias has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.66, set at Richmond Spring 2026, puts him in the top 16.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,538th in Canada. Across 6 competitions since September 2025, he has put 76 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.65 in September 2025 to 12.66, a 56% improvement. Francesco 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.66 | 15.83 | top 16.2% | 1,538 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 4.69 | 6.66 | top 35.4% | 2,445 / 7,173 | |
| Megaminx | 1:41.83 | 1:50.39 | top 35.7% | 374 / 1,375 | |
| 4×4 | 2:02.52 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,493 / 3,118 |
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
- 11 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.49 at Richmond Spring 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Richmond Spring 2026.
- 15 Mar 2026First sub-20 3×3: 16.66 at Vancouver Mini Morning 2026.
- 6 Sep 2025First competition: Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025. A 28.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Spring Breeze in Burnaby 2026 · 3 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Swift Cubing in Swabia 2026 · 17 Apr 2026
- Richmond Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Mini Morning 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Fall 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
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.
- Kevin Lê — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Devin Raghu — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kevin Matthews — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.