People · Italy
Luigi Manzo
3×3 · top 5.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2009 · 2009MANZ01
Luigi Manzo has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.06, set at Salerno Winter Open 2013, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 186th in Italy. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since September 2009, he has put 803 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.16 in September 2009 to 9.06, a 65% improvement. Luigi has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 9.06 | 12.68 | top 5.0% | 186 / 2,882 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 4.69 | top 7.4% | 238 / 2,068 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.55 | 8.25 | top 10.5% | 219 / 1,403 | |
| 4×4 | 43.80 | 48.88 | top 16.8% | 210 / 1,206 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.90 | 27.97 | top 25.7% | 231 / 887 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.86 | 1:40.37 | top 27.2% | 167 / 642 | |
| Megaminx | 2:06.89 | — | top 49.5% | 234 / 544 | |
| 6×6 | 3:20.08 | 3:25.54 | top 50.6% | 138 / 273 | |
| 7×7 | 6:05.20 | 6:30.94 | top 69.0% | 150 / 219 | |
| Clock | 47.90 | — | early days — 1 solve | 405 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Aug 2015Five personal bests in one day at Italian Championship 2015.
- 22 Dec 2013First sub-10 3×3: 9.06 at Salerno Winter Open 2013.
- 22 Dec 2013Three personal bests in one day at Salerno Winter Open 2013.
- 8 Dec 2012Four personal bests in one day at Italian Championship 2012.
- 11 Nov 2012Five personal bests in one day at Sinuessa Open 2012.
- 15 Apr 2012Three personal bests in one day at Tiburtinae Open 2012.
Competitions
- Parthenope Back to School 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- Eretum III: WC Warmup 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Parthenope Open 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Capodrise Open 2016 · 3 Jan 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Italian Championship 2015 · 29 Aug 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Platform Open 2014 · 16 Nov 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Salerno Winter Open 2013 · 22 Dec 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Milan Blind Day 2013 · 7 Sep 2013
- Italian Championship 2012 · 8 Dec 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Sinuessa Open 2012 · 11 Nov 2012 — 5 personal bests set
- Beneventum Open 2012 · 29 Jul 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Tiburtinae Open 2012 · 15 Apr 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Roma Winter Open 2011 · 11 Dec 2011 — 4 personal bests set
- LOL South Italian Open 2010 · 27 Dec 2010 — 9 personal bests set
- S.P.Q.R. Italian Rubik's Cube Championship 2010 · 26 Jul 2010 — 7 personal bests set
- Obei Obei Open 2009 · 7 Dec 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Mantua Open 2009 · 19 Sep 2009
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.
- Paolo Moriello — met in 134 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Mariano D'Imperio — met in 108 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Stefano Bevacqua — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.