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Leonardo Passafaro

2×2 · top 6.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016PASS02

Leonardo Passafaro has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.24, set at Fiorano Open 2017, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 217th in Italy. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2016, he has put 120 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:02.32 in April 2016 to 12.57, an 80% improvement. Leonardo has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.24
signature single · Fiorano Open 2017
120
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
2×22.244.96
top 6.5%217 / 2,068
3×312.5714.09
top 15.9%586 / 2,882
3×3 one-handed27.9334.97
top 41.8%376 / 887
4×41:19.96
early days — 2 solves655 / 1,206
Square-142.43
early days — 2 solves268 / 411
5×52:47.69
early days — 2 solves458 / 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

Small Cubingitaly 2016: 1:02.32Turin Cube Day 2017: 15.33Fiorano Open 2017: 16.65Almost Rome Open 2017: 20.08Italian Open 2017: 14.20Mantua Winter 2018: 12.5712.571:02.3217 Apr 201625 Feb 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 0.24 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.