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Paolo Forlivesi

3×3 · top 7.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023FORL01

Paolo Forlivesi has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.14, set at Warm Up Lent 2026, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 301st in Italy. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2023, he has put 127 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.01 in July 2023 to 10.14, a 32% improvement. Paolo has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.9% of 284,439 all-time
10.14
signature single · Warm Up Lent 2026
127
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
3×310.1413.81
top 7.9%301 / 2,882
2×24.055.21
top 27.1%719 / 2,068
Pyraminx7.109.81
top 28.7%521 / 1,403
3×3 one-handed26.4030.30
top 37.8%339 / 887
4×41:03.571:13.82
top 40.2%475 / 1,206
5×52:22.74
early days — 2 solves373 / 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

Feltre: WC Warmup 2023: 15.01Visé Sunday Open 2023: 15.08Warm Up Wommelgem 2024: 11.62Visé Open Sunday 2024: 12.56Warm Up Lent 2026: 10.1410.1415.0815 Jul 202310 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Eliot Evrard — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Jesse Moens — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
  • Tias Claeys — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 5 times

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.