People · Italy
Francesco Leonardo Gessi
Pyraminx · top 2.7% of 130,891 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024GESS02
Francesco Leonardo Gessi has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.70, set at Rome IC Qualifier 2025, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 64th in Italy. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since November 2024, he has put 498 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.89 in November 2024 to 11.39, a 62% improvement. Francesco has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Italy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.70 | 9.22 | top 2.7% | 64 / 1,417 | |
| 2×2 | 2.49 | 5.11 | top 8.9% | 277 / 2,079 | |
| 4×4 | 39.64 | 55.39 | top 11.8% | 144 / 1,211 | |
| 3×3 | 11.39 | 14.05 | top 11.8% | 447 / 2,897 | |
| Skewb | 4.43 | 6.79 | top 14.0% | 157 / 810 | |
| Clock | 10.62 | 12.23 | top 28.1% | 148 / 419 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.98 | 2:19.41 | top 44.8% | 272 / 649 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.26 | 36.27 | top 47.3% | 417 / 896 | |
| Megaminx | 2:03.58 | — | top 47.9% | 235 / 551 | |
| Square-1 | 48.39 | 1:13.84 | top 74.6% | 297 / 415 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:36.16 | — | early days — 1 solve | 212 / 248 | |
| 6×6 | 5:15.21 | — | early days — 3 solves | 233 / 278 |
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
- 29 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Salento Taralli e Cubing 2026.
- 7 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Eretum I: Winter Edition 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Casagiove Winter 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.82 at Rome IC Qualifier 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Six personal bests in one day at Rome IC Qualifier 2025.
- 6 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Eretum III 2025.
Competitions
- Salento Taralli e Cubing 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Eretum 2: Chocolate Edition 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Eretum I: Winter Edition 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Casagiove Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Eretum IV 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rome IC Qualifier 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Eretum III 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Malegno Valleminx 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Abruzzo al Cubo 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rome Spring Open 2025 · 25 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Südtirol Open 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
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.
- Sofia Saletnich — met in 108 rounds, finished ahead once
- Flavio Tranquilli — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Flavio Rimi — met in 84 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.