People · Italy
Lorenzo Nicotra
2×2 · top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015NICO02
Lorenzo Nicotra has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.13, set at Italian Championship 2019, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 191st in Italy. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2015, he has put 260 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 13.60 in April 2015 to 2.13, an 84% improvement. Lorenzo has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Italy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.13 | 3.14 | top 5.7% | 191 / 2,068 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.33 | 9.62 | top 22.5% | 419 / 1,403 | |
| 3×3 | 14.94 | 19.26 | top 24.2% | 840 / 2,882 | |
| Skewb | 6.05 | 7.55 | top 26.1% | 279 / 804 | |
| Square-1 | 52.47 | — | early days — 3 solves | 309 / 411 | |
| 4×4 | 2:10.06 | — | top 85.8% | 1,014 / 1,206 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 7:24.73 | — | early days — 2 solves | 231 / 244 | |
| Clock | 55.80 | — | early days — 1 solve | 410 / 414 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Dec 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.94 at Italian Championship 2017.
- 16 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at Italian Championship 2017.
- 19 Mar 2017Five personal bests in one day at Fiorano Open 2017.
- 8 Oct 2016First sub-20 3×3: 17.66 at Italian Championship 2016.
- 8 Oct 2016Four personal bests in one day at Italian Championship 2016.
- 13 Mar 2016First sub-30 3×3: 22.97 at Milan Slam Open 2016.
Competitions
- Italian Championship 2019 · 1 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Road to IC - Bologna 2019 · 21 Sep 2019
- Mantua Winter 2018 · 25 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Italian Championship 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Verona Open 2017 · 24 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Fiorano Open 2017 · 19 Mar 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- PoliMi Open 2016 · 3 Dec 2016
- Italian Championship 2016 · 8 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Milan Slam Open 2016 · 13 Mar 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Italian Open 2015 · 5 Dec 2015
- Mantova Open 2015 · 11 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Milan Cube Days 2015 · 19 Sep 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Monticello Conte Otto Open 2015 · 11 Apr 2015
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 52 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Lorenzo Mauro — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead once
- Matteo Provasi — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.