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Francesco Catalano

3×3 · top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023CATA02

Francesco Catalano has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.82, set at Eretum VI: 5-4-3-2 Edition 2023, puts him in the top 13.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 489th in Italy. Across 7 competitions since April 2023, he has put 108 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.88 in April 2023 to 11.82, a 41% improvement. Francesco has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time
11.82
signature single · Eretum VI: 5-4-3-2 Edition 2023
108
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
3×311.8213.01
top 13.3%489 / 2,882
4×457.831:01.28
top 34.1%412 / 1,206
3×3 one-handed26.6030.18
top 38.3%341 / 887
Megaminx2:12.38
early days — 2 solves255 / 544
2×26.379.61
top 54.7%1,257 / 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

Eretum 2: Easter Boogaloo 2023: 19.88Eretum III: WC Warmup 2023: 15.32Eretum 3.5: Easy Peasy Edition 2023: 15.37Eretum IV: Don't Stop the Cubing Tonight 2023: 12.50Eretum VI: 5-4-3-2 Edition 2023: 11.82Eretum VII: Farewell 2023: 11.84Eretum II: Easter Edition 2024: 12.2511.8219.888 Apr 202330 Mar 2024

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 7.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.