People · Italy
Francesco Fiore
Square-1 · top 1.6% of 25,272 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022FIOR04
Francesco Fiore has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 6.85, set at Eretum III 2025, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Italy. Until June 2016, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since August 2022, he has put 1,371 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.66 in August 2022 to 8.16, a 54% improvement. Francesco has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Italy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 6.85 | 9.87 | top 1.6% | 9 / 411 | |
| 3×3 | 8.16 | 11.22 | top 3.1% | 118 / 2,882 | |
| 2×2 | 1.72 | 3.13 | top 3.2% | 110 / 2,068 | |
| Megaminx | 47.54 | 56.14 | top 4.0% | 25 / 544 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.51 | 5.31 | top 5.5% | 116 / 1,403 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.47 | 1:18.15 | top 9.9% | 62 / 642 | |
| 4×4 | 39.16 | 43.97 | top 11.1% | 132 / 1,206 | |
| Skewb | 4.10 | 8.00 | top 11.6% | 131 / 804 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.04 | 19.89 | top 12.7% | 122 / 887 | |
| Clock | 7.47 | 8.71 | top 12.8% | 70 / 414 | |
| 6×6 | 2:35.11 | 2:51.22 | top 28.3% | 77 / 273 | |
| 7×7 | 3:58.09 | 4:07.31 | top 29.9% | 73 / 219 |
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
- 31 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Mini-Tridentum 2026.
- 5 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Trentatré Trentini Entrarono a Trento 2025.
- 25 Apr 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Rome Spring Open 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Anaunian Side Events 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Casorezzo Winter Open 2025.
- 1 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's Italian Championship 2024.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Belli in Zona 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Mini-Tridentum 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Hungarian Open 2025 · 31 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rome IC Qualifier 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Eretum III 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Trentatré Trentini Entrarono a Trento 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rome Spring Open 2025 · 25 Apr 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Anaunian Side Events 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Casorezzo Winter Open 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Muggiò: IC Qualifier 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Ivrea: Back to Square One 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Venzone: Road to Euro 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Crevalcore al Cubo 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cavarzere al Cubo 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rovereto Speedcubing 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Feltre Winter Open 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Italian Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Bagnolo al Cubo 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Parthenope Back to School 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup I 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Crevalcore al Cubo 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Bagnolo Al Cubo 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Castenaso Strikes Back 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 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.
- Alessandro Zangolini — met in 190 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Fabian Tomasović — met in 185 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
- Matteo Provasi — met in 176 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.