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Giovanni Tessari

2×2 · top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2009 · 2009TESS01

Giovanni Tessari has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.96, set at Italian Open 2011, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 155th in Italy. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since September 2009, he has put 869 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.77 in September 2009 to 10.19, a 63% improvement. Giovanni has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.96
signature single · Italian Open 2011
869
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
2×21.963.78
top 4.5%155 / 2,068
3×310.1912.94
top 8.0%302 / 2,882
Pyraminx4.335.71
top 9.3%195 / 1,403
Megaminx1:12.521:28.86
top 17.2%101 / 544
4×451.4458.71
top 26.5%316 / 1,206
3×3 one-handed22.5029.67
top 27.4%251 / 887
5×52:23.882:42.01
top 62.9%378 / 642

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

Mantua Open 2009: 27.77Obei Obei Open 2009: 20.36Milan Cube Day 2010: 16.06Cube 'n Roll Italian Open 2010: 14.84S.P.Q.R. Italian Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 13.16Mediolanum Open 2010: 12.41Florence Open 2010: 14.33Mantua Open 2010: 13.90Halloween Cube Open 2010: 10.86Milan Cube Open 2011: 12.34Italian Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 13.47Big CubingItaly Open 2011: 13.13Veneto Open 2011: 10.19Castelbelforte Cube Battle 2011: 10.91Italian Open 2011: 10.43Mantua Winter 2011: 12.22Schio Open 2012: 11.27Legnano Open 2012: 11.83Monticello Conte Otto Open 2013: 11.44Monticello Conte Otto Open 2014: 11.97Dueville Open 2015: 10.8510.1927.7719 Sep 200922 Feb 2015

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.