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Francesco Massei

3×3 · top 49.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2004 · 2004MASS01

Francesco Massei has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.78, set at Italian Open 2007, puts him in the top 49.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,607th in Italy. Across 3 competitions since August 2004, he has put 16 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.57 in August 2004 to 23.78, a 35% improvement. Francesco has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 49.8% of 284,439 all-time
23.78
signature single · Italian Open 2007
16
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
3×323.7831.07
top 49.8%1,607 / 2,882

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

European Rubik's Games Championship 2004: 36.57European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006: 36.33Italian Open 2007: 23.7823.7836.577 Aug 200426 May 2007

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.