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Gianfranco Kessler

2×2 · top 4.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2016 · 2016KESS02

Gianfranco Kessler has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.02, set at First Cubing 2018, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Paraguay. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2016, he has put 255 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% 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 24.20 in September 2016 to 11.48, a 53% improvement. Gianfranco has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.02
signature single · First Cubing 2018
255
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingParaguay
2×22.024.39
top 4.9%6 / 200
3×311.4813.67
top 12.1%30 / 345
Pyraminx6.008.99
top 20.0%20 / 111
Skewb7.1710.18
top 35.0%32 / 63
4×41:15.011:26.71
top 51.6%42 / 84
Square-135.0844.79
top 58.6%13 / 21
Clock19.0424.84
top 61.8%9 / 23

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

Paraguay Nationals 2016: 24.20Copa de Invierno 2017: 15.15Paraguay Nationals 2017: 12.98Anguja Open 2017: 11.48First Cubing 2018: 13.32CCPA Open 2018: 12.61Paraguay Nationals 2018: 13.6111.4824.2021 Sep 201621 Dec 2018

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 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.