People · Italy
Nicola Giordani
2×2 · top 0.85% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2009 · 2009GIOR01
Nicola Giordani has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.13, set at Trentin Open 2011, puts him in the top 0.85% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 40th in Italy. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since September 2009, he has put 411 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 8 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.59 in September 2009 to 12.18, a 48% improvement. Nicola has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 1.13 | 4.36 | top 0.85% | 40 / 2,068 | |
| 3×3 | 12.18 | 14.76 | top 14.5% | 539 / 2,882 | |
| 4×4 | 50.19 | 59.53 | top 24.9% | 298 / 1,206 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.05 | 29.58 | top 37.0% | 331 / 887 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:12.86 | 4:02.80 | top 37.6% | 97 / 244 | |
| 5×5 | 2:16.06 | 2:26.87 | top 58.8% | 351 / 642 |
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
- 12 Mar 2011Three personal bests in one day at Mantua Spring 2011.
- 5 Mar 2011Three personal bests in one day at Milan Cube Open 2011.
- 31 Oct 2010Three personal bests in one day at Halloween Cube Open 2010.
- 12 Sep 2010Three personal bests in one day at Mediolanum Open 2010.
- 7 Mar 2010First sub-15 3×3: 14.99 at Milan Cube Day 2010.
- 7 Mar 2010Three personal bests in one day at Milan Cube Day 2010.
Competitions
- Italian Open 2012 · 9 Jun 2012
- Schio Open 2012 · 1 Apr 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Mantua Winter 2011 · 17 Dec 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Trentin Open 2011 · 12 Nov 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Italian Rubik's Cube Championship 2011 · 21 Apr 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Mantua Spring 2011 · 12 Mar 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Milan Cube Open 2011 · 5 Mar 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Halloween Cube Open 2010 · 31 Oct 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Mediolanum Open 2010 · 12 Sep 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube 'n Roll Italian Open 2010 · 5 Jun 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Milan Cube Day 2010 · 7 Mar 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Obei Obei Open 2009 · 7 Dec 2009 — 1 personal best 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.
- Lorenzo Vigani Poli — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Filippo Brancaleoni — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Paolo Moriello — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.