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Lorenzo Gentili

2×2 · top 5.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017GENT01

Lorenzo Gentili has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.06, set at B-Game - Bastardo Open 2026, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 173rd in Italy. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since March 2017, he has put 508 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.47 in May 2017 to 9.40, a 63% improvement. Lorenzo has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.06
signature single · B-Game - Bastardo Open 2026
508
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
2×22.064.47
top 5.2%173 / 2,068
Pyraminx3.454.76
top 5.3%111 / 1,403
3×39.4012.86
top 5.8%224 / 2,882
4×454.281:03.56
top 29.9%355 / 1,206
3×3 one-handed26.9630.32
top 39.3%345 / 887

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

San Marino Open 2017: 25.47Eretum Open 2017: 25.15Mantua Summer 2017: 23.52Verona Open 2017: 17.98Tuscany Open 2017: 15.82Italian Championship 2017: 18.47Mantua Winter 2018: 14.05Eretum Open 2018: 14.42San Marino Nationals 2018: 15.41Italian Championship 2018: 12.78Tuscany Open 2018: 12.18San Marino Nationals 2019: 12.29Road to IC - Monterotondo 2019: 9.40Road to IC - Montecatini 2019: 11.49Italian Championship 2019: 12.32Bologna Winter Madness 2020: 11.01B-Game - Bastardo Open 2026: 11.529.4025.476 May 201713 Jun 2026

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 0.06 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.