People · United States
Gianluca Benucci
Clock · top 50.7% of 32,048 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025BENU01
Gianluca Benucci has been competing for a year. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 15.72, set at The Last Frontier Spring 2026, puts him in the top 50.7% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,143rd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since May 2025, he has put 42 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.30 in May 2025 to 26.28, a 16% improvement. Gianluca has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 15.72 | 20.32 | top 50.7% | 4,143 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 6.17 | 11.61 | top 52.6% | 21,468 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 26.28 | 33.61 | top 55.4% | 32,608 / 59,724 |
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
- 21 Mar 2026First sub-30 3×3: 28.39 at Juneau Cubing Spring 2026.
- 24 May 2025First competition: Anchorage Spring 2025. A 31.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- The Last Frontier Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Juneau Cubing Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Anchorage Spring 2025 · 24 May 2025
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.
- Payton Corey — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Evan Liu — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chris Tabar — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-15 Clock single — 15,373 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.