People · Italy
Nicola Forlai
3×3 · top 2.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018FORL01
Nicola Forlai has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.61, set at Bologna Winter Madness 2020, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 88th in Italy. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2018, he has put 265 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.56 in June 2018 to 7.61, a 34% improvement. Nicola has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 7.61 | 9.48 | top 2.2% | 88 / 2,897 | |
| 4×4 | 42.87 | 49.67 | top 15.7% | 196 / 1,211 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.77 | 32.22 | top 20.0% | 185 / 896 | |
| 2×2 | 4.35 | 5.66 | top 31.1% | 834 / 2,079 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:13.24 | — | early days — 1 solve | 174 / 248 |
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
- 8 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Romagna Open 2019.
- 8 Dec 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.50 at Tuscany Open 2018.
- 8 Dec 2018Four personal bests in one day at Tuscany Open 2018.
- 9 Jun 2018First competition: Roma3 Al Cubo 2018. A 12.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bologna Winter Madness 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Italian Championship 2019 · 1 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Road to IC - Milano 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Road to IC - Montecatini 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Road to IC - Bologna 2019 · 21 Sep 2019
- Romagna Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- San Marino Nationals 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Turin Winter Open 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Tuscany Open 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Roma3 Al Cubo 2018 · 9 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Lorenzo Vigani Poli — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Simone Cantarelli — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Marco Rota — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 2.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.