People · Italy
Raffaele Amato
Pyraminx · top 5.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024AMAT01
Raffaele Amato has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.42, set at Roma ar Cubbo 2024, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 108th in Italy. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2024, he has put 336 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.27 in January 2024 to 12.99, a 51% improvement. Raffaele has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Italy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.42 | 6.09 | top 5.2% | 108 / 1,403 | |
| 2×2 | 2.11 | 3.80 | top 5.5% | 182 / 2,068 | |
| 3×3 | 12.99 | 15.53 | top 17.4% | 635 / 2,882 | |
| 4×4 | 50.61 | 56.60 | top 25.5% | 303 / 1,206 | |
| Skewb | 6.19 | 8.71 | top 27.2% | 293 / 804 | |
| Clock | 11.07 | 16.17 | top 30.4% | 155 / 414 | |
| Megaminx | 1:43.91 | 1:46.75 | top 37.0% | 181 / 544 | |
| Square-1 | 24.26 | 31.68 | top 37.3% | 149 / 411 | |
| 5×5 | 1:56.25 | 2:16.99 | top 46.9% | 278 / 642 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.70 | 46.58 | top 48.2% | 421 / 887 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:47.65 | — | early days — 1 solve | 186 / 244 | |
| 6×6 | 5:20.32 | — | early days — 2 solves | 231 / 273 |
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
- 28 Mar 2026Six personal bests in one day at Calabria Open 2026.
- 18 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.61 at Sicily Fall 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Sicily Fall 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Sicily Summer 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Sicily Winter 2025.
- 6 Jul 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.07 at Sicily Summer: Arancina Open 2024.
Competitions
- Calabria Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Sicily Smart Solving 2026 · 1 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Sicily Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Sicily Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Sicily Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sicily Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Roma ar Cubbo 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Sicily Summer: Arancina Open 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Paternò: Back To Sicily 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
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.
- Vincenzo Maria Gammino — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Damiano Di Paola — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Giovanni Tramontano — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.