People · Italy
Gabriel La Russa
Skewb · top 0.27% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024RUSS02
Gabriel La Russa has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.35, set at Rubik's Italian Championship 2025, puts him in the top 0.27% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Italy. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since January 2024, he has put 554 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.88 in January 2024 to 7.32, a 51% improvement. Gabriel has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Italy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.35 | 3.30 | top 0.27% | 3 / 804 | |
| 3×3 | 7.32 | 8.73 | top 1.7% | 71 / 2,882 | |
| 2×2 | 1.53 | 2.60 | top 2.3% | 82 / 2,068 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.88 | 4.16 | top 3.2% | 72 / 1,403 | |
| 4×4 | 38.60 | 45.13 | top 10.5% | 125 / 1,206 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.24 | 19.52 | top 10.8% | 96 / 887 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.98 | 1:23.34 | top 14.5% | 88 / 642 | |
| Clock | 9.30 | 9.93 | top 21.5% | 116 / 414 | |
| Megaminx | 1:23.89 | 1:30.22 | top 24.2% | 129 / 544 | |
| 7×7 | 4:06.46 | 4:22.93 | top 33.2% | 79 / 219 | |
| 6×6 | 2:48.52 | 2:58.13 | top 35.3% | 98 / 273 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 47 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 187 / 266 |
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
- 1 May 2026Six personal bests in one day at Western Sicily Open 2026.
- 6 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's Italian Championship 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025Five personal bests in one day at Sicily Fall 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Sicily Summer 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Sicily Spring 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Sicily Winter 2025.
Competitions
- Western Sicily Open 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Calabria Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Sicily Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Sicily Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Sicily Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Sicily Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Sicily Summer: Arancina Open 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Sicily Summer: Arancino Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Paternò: Back To Sicily 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 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.
- Damiano Di Paola — met in 114 rounds, finished ahead 61 times
- Vincenzo Maria Gammino — met in 112 rounds, finished ahead 71 times
- Giovanni Tramontano — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 81 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.