People · Italy
Leonardo Podda
3×3 · top 8.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023PODD01
Leonardo Podda has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.25, set at Parthenope Summer Open 2024, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 308th in Italy. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since October 2023, he has put 266 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.62 in October 2023 to 10.25, a 57% improvement. Leonardo has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 10.25 | 13.89 | top 8.2% | 308 / 2,897 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.78 | 6.94 | top 11.9% | 238 / 1,417 | |
| 2×2 | 2.89 | 3.76 | top 13.1% | 379 / 2,079 | |
| Skewb | 5.61 | 10.23 | top 22.9% | 249 / 810 | |
| Square-1 | 27.82 | 37.05 | top 45.3% | 189 / 415 | |
| 4×4 | 1:24.17 | 1:31.22 | top 59.3% | 702 / 1,211 | |
| Megaminx | 2:35.70 | — | top 64.1% | 328 / 551 | |
| 5×5 | 2:41.04 | — | early days — 2 solves | 439 / 649 | |
| Clock | 22.77 | — | top 72.0% | 314 / 419 |
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
- 15 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.00 at Parthenope Summer Open 2024.
- 15 Jun 2024Six personal bests in one day at Parthenope Summer Open 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Eretum II: Easter Edition 2024.
- 30 Dec 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.68 at Eretum VII: Farewell 2023.
- 29 Oct 2023First competition: Eretum VI: 5-4-3-2 Edition 2023. A 23.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- B-Game - Bastardo Open 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rome IC Qualifier 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Montemurlo Speedcubing 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Roma ar Cubbo 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Parthenope Summer Open 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Eretum II: Easter Edition 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Eretum I 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Eretum VII: Farewell 2023 · 30 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Eretum VI: 5-4-3-2 Edition 2023 · 29 Oct 2023
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.
- Marco Rota — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Sofia Saletnich — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simone Cantarelli — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.