People · Italy
Gabriele Franzini
3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019FRAN01
Gabriele Franzini has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.89, set at Valle d'Aosta Open 2023, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 101st in Italy. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2019, he has put 178 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.49 in January 2019 to 7.89, a 25% improvement. Gabriele has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Italy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.89 | 9.96 | top 2.6% | 101 / 2,882 | |
| 2×2 | 2.35 | 4.41 | top 7.5% | 242 / 2,068 | |
| 4×4 | 45.45 | 53.74 | top 18.9% | 239 / 1,206 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.60 | 1:38.17 | top 22.9% | 144 / 642 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.30 | 24.67 | top 26.9% | 244 / 887 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.34 | 9.65 | top 39.2% | 670 / 1,403 | |
| Skewb | 9.37 | 12.05 | top 51.0% | 475 / 804 | |
| 7×7 | 5:54.66 | — | early days — 1 solve | 143 / 219 | |
| Square-1 | 1:09.49 | — | early days — 2 solves | 355 / 411 |
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 Nov 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at Italian Championship 2019.
- 1 Nov 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Italian Championship 2019.
- 12 Jan 2019First competition: Turin Winter Open 2019. A 12.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- GiocAosta Cube Open 2025 · 9 Aug 2025
- GiocAosta Cube Open 2024 · 11 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Valle d'Aosta Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Italian Championship 2019 · 1 Nov 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Turin Winter Open 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 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.
- Simone Cantarelli — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Matteo Provasi — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Nikolaij Tamborin — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.89 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.