People · Uruguay
Franco Rivero
3×3 · top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015RIVE11
Franco Rivero has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.20, set at Altavista Open 2024, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29th in Uruguay. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since December 2015, he has put 379 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.55 in December 2015 to 10.20, a 65% improvement. Franco has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Uruguay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.20 | 10.90 | top 8.0% | 29 / 515 | |
| 2×2 | 2.45 | 4.85 | top 8.4% | 24 / 276 | |
| Skewb | 4.18 | 8.69 | top 12.2% | 15 / 79 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.60 | 23.79 | top 14.1% | 17 / 95 | |
| 4×4 | 51.13 | 55.53 | top 26.1% | 31 / 103 | |
| Square-1 | 27.38 | 38.32 | top 44.3% | 18 / 41 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.05 | 16.25 | top 53.4% | 89 / 149 | |
| 5×5 | 2:10.65 | 2:26.94 | top 55.8% | 33 / 56 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 7:49.62 | — | early days — 1 solve | 16 / 21 |
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
- 3 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Altavista Open 2024.
- 23 Sep 2017Three personal bests in one day at Frikifest 2017.
- 30 Apr 2017Five personal bests in one day at Wirewood Pro 2017.
- 4 Mar 2017Six personal bests in one day at Nacionales Uruguayas UCHI 2017.
- 3 Dec 2016Three personal bests in one day at Charrua 2016.
- 28 Aug 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.22 at Wirewood 2 2016.
Competitions
- Campeonato Uruguayo de Speedcubing 2025 · 15 Nov 2025
- Montevideo O'Clock 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- Altavista Open 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Evento al Qbo 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Nacionales Uruguayo 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Nacionales Uruguayas UCHI 2018 · 24 Mar 2018
- Frikifest 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Latin America Cubing Tour - Montevideo 2017 · 14 Jun 2017
- Wirewood Pro 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Nacionales Uruguayas UCHI 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Charrua 2016 · 3 Dec 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Wirewood 2 2016 · 28 Aug 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Wirewood Open 2016 · 24 Jul 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- La Blindqueada 2 2016 · 11 Jun 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Uchi Montevideo 2016 · 12 Feb 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Santa Lucía Open 2015 · 12 Dec 2015
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.
- Christian Goñi — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Ernesto Cabrera — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Mateo Rodríguez — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.