People · Italy
Luca Nicolosi
3×3 · top 37.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016NICO02
Luca Nicolosi has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.06, set at Sicily Winter 2025, puts him in the top 37.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,253rd in Italy. Across 5 competitions since December 2016, he has put 124 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.36 in December 2016 to 19.06, a 15% improvement. Luca has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 19.06 | 22.30 | top 37.2% | 1,253 / 2,882 | |
| Skewb | 9.09 | 18.34 | top 49.0% | 461 / 804 | |
| 5×5 | 2:09.58 | — | top 55.2% | 332 / 642 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.35 | 1:31.36 | top 57.0% | 673 / 1,206 | |
| 2×2 | 7.10 | 9.94 | top 61.2% | 1,411 / 2,068 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.92 | 16.10 | top 66.7% | 1,013 / 1,403 | |
| Clock | 21.52 | 1:15.70 | top 68.8% | 300 / 414 | |
| 6×6 | 4:47.92 | — | early days — 1 solve | 210 / 273 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:41.96 | — | early days — 1 solve | 863 / 887 | |
| Square-1 | 2:19.14 | — | early days — 2 solves | 404 / 411 |
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
- 27 Jan 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.87 at Paternò: Back To Sicily 2024.
- 4 May 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Etna Open 2019.
- 18 Dec 2016First competition: Etna Open 2016. A 22.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sicily Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Paternò: Back To Sicily 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Etna Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Etna Open 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Etna Open 2016 · 18 Dec 2016
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.
- Damiano Di Paola — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Vincenzo Maria Gammino — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
- Riccardo Raciti — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.06 away.
- A sub-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.