People · Italy
Gianluca Caruso
3×3 · top 3.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022CARU01
Gianluca Caruso has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.10, set at Sicily Summer: Arancina Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 114th in Italy. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2022, he has put 508 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.71 in April 2022 to 8.10, a 54% improvement. Gianluca has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.10 | 10.52 | top 3.0% | 114 / 2,897 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.85 | 3.92 | top 3.2% | 68 / 1,417 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.91 | 16.66 | top 4.3% | 39 / 896 | |
| 2×2 | 2.64 | 4.56 | top 10.4% | 315 / 2,079 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 30 moves | 36.00 | top 14.8% | 40 / 266 | |
| 4×4 | 43.98 | 51.36 | top 17.1% | 215 / 1,211 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.54 | 1:33.37 | top 24.7% | 154 / 649 | |
| Skewb | 5.99 | 11.37 | top 25.7% | 282 / 810 | |
| Clock | 11.15 | 12.32 | top 30.7% | 160 / 419 | |
| 7×7 | 4:30.08 | 5:02.78 | top 41.2% | 99 / 222 | |
| Megaminx | 1:56.42 | 2:17.29 | top 44.0% | 213 / 551 | |
| 6×6 | 3:22.63 | 3:36.91 | top 51.8% | 146 / 278 | |
| Square-1 | 34.66 | 39.25 | top 57.8% | 234 / 415 |
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
- 25 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Sicily Winter 2025.
- 6 Jul 2024Six personal bests in one day at Sicily Summer: Arancina Open 2024.
- 1 Jun 2024Six personal bests in one day at Sicily Summer: Arancino Open 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.21 at Paternò: Back To Sicily 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024Five personal bests in one day at Paternò: Back To Sicily 2024.
- 30 Jun 2023Six personal bests in one day at Eretum III: WC Warmup 2023.
Competitions
- Calabria Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
- Sicily Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's FMC Italy 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Sicily Summer: Arancina Open 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Sicily Summer: Arancino Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Paternò: Back To Sicily 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- FMC Italy 2023 · 26 Nov 2023
- Eretum III: WC Warmup 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Italian Championship 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 8 personal bests set
- Sarzana Seaside Cubing 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 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 24 times
- Vincenzo Maria Gammino — met in 102 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
- Dario Angelo Narbone — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.