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Francesco Palma

Pyraminx · top 2.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022PALM02

Francesco Palma has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.61, set at Roma ar Cubbo 2024, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 58th in Italy. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since May 2022, he has put 1,114 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.39 in May 2022 to 9.13, a 41% improvement. Francesco has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 2.5% of 129,321 all-time
2.61
signature single · Roma ar Cubbo 2024
1,114
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
Pyraminx2.615.23
top 2.5%58 / 1,403
3×39.1312.05
top 5.2%190 / 2,882
2×22.553.77
top 9.4%293 / 2,068
Skewb3.887.72
top 10.1%111 / 804
Clock9.1410.89
top 20.7%110 / 414
4×450.1557.60
top 24.9%297 / 1,206
3×3 one-handed22.2628.50
top 26.8%242 / 887
Square-122.2232.98
top 32.9%133 / 411
Megaminx2:10.29—
top 51.4%249 / 544
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves49.33
top 59.0%150 / 266
3×3 blindfolded3:33.97—
top 62.0%149 / 244
5×52:29.39—
top 65.5%394 / 642

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

SPQR Open 2022: 15.39Trentin Open 2022: 12.87AOpen in Rome 2022: 13.86Muggiò Minx Open 2022: 13.26Parthenope Open 2023: 12.31Eretum 2: Easter Boogaloo 2023: 11.33Anzio Open 2023: 12.75Eretum III: WC Warmup 2023: 9.13Eretum 3.5: Easy Peasy Edition 2023: 12.95Eretum VI: 5-4-3-2 Edition 2023: 13.31Italian Championship 2023: 11.28Eretum VII: Farewell 2023: 13.83Eretum I 2024: 12.77Eretum II: Easter Edition 2024: 10.92Parthenope Summer Open 2024: 10.39Roma ar Cubbo 2024: 10.68Rubik's Italian Championship 2024: 11.01Parthenope Winter Open 2024: 10.56Eretum I 2025: 11.89CubbOpen Roma 2025: 11.24Rome Spring Open 2025: 11.05Napule È Mille Culure 2025: 11.09Rome IC Qualifier 2025: 12.36Eretum IV 2025: 10.82Rubik's Italian Championship 2025: 10.04Eretum I: Winter Edition 2026: 10.68Eretum 2: Chocolate Edition 2026: 11.369.1315.397 May 20224 Apr 2026

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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.