People · Italy
Gabriele Manicardi
2×2 · top 0.77% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022MANI10
Gabriele Manicardi has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.10, set at Crevalcore al Cubo 2025, puts him in the top 0.77% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in Italy. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since October 2022, he has put 420 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.50 in October 2022 to 1.10, an 87% improvement. Gabriele has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Italy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.10 | 3.52 | top 0.77% | 37 / 2,068 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.81 | 8.53 | top 12.0% | 240 / 1,403 | |
| 3×3 | 11.88 | 14.01 | top 13.5% | 496 / 2,882 | |
| Clock | 8.43 | 11.27 | top 17.2% | 96 / 414 | |
| Skewb | 5.63 | 8.90 | top 22.9% | 249 / 804 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.06 | — | top 49.8% | 577 / 1,206 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 59.68 | — | top 83.7% | 744 / 887 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Crevalcore al Cubo 2025.
- 1 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's Italian Championship 2024.
- 7 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.63 at Bagnolo al Cubo 2023.
- 7 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bagnolo al Cubo 2023.
- 6 May 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.96 at Serenissima Warm Up 2023.
- 6 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Serenissima Warm Up 2023.
Competitions
- Muggiò Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Casorezzo Back to School 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Crevalcore al Cubo 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Casorezzo Winter Open 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Italian Open 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Crevalcore al Cubo 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lodi Speedcubing 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bagnolo al Cubo 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- NexCube Italian Open 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Serenissima Warm Up 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup I 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bagnolo Al Cubo 2022 · 15 Oct 2022
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.
- Marco Rota — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Simone Cantarelli — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Fabian Tomasović — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.