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Riccardo Barbiero

2×2 · top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023BARB07

Riccardo Barbiero has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.37, set at Cavarzere al Cubo 2026, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 60th in Italy. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since March 2023, he has put 816 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.73 in March 2023 to 9.35, a 76% improvement. Riccardo has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.37
signature single · Cavarzere al Cubo 2026
816
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
2×21.372.98
top 1.6%60 / 2,068
3×39.3510.56
top 5.7%219 / 2,882
3×3 one-handed14.7519.63
top 7.6%74 / 887
4×443.1449.99
top 15.9%197 / 1,206
Pyraminx5.969.49
top 19.7%367 / 1,403
Skewb6.4011.56
top 28.9%305 / 804
5×51:38.611:49.28
top 34.3%209 / 642
Megaminx1:47.22—
top 38.8%190 / 544
6×65:18.60—
early days — 2 solves230 / 273
7×78:50.57—
early days — 1 solve206 / 219
Clock43.13—
early days — 2 solves396 / 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

Ponikva Open 2023: 39.73Feltre: WC Warmup 2023: 23.42Venzone Speedcubing 2023: 20.41New Year's in the Dolomites 2023: 17.84Feltre Winter Open 2024: 15.54Sanda Spring 2024: 13.23Cavarzere al Cubo 2024: 13.38Venzone: Road to Euro 2024: 13.77Trieste Speedcubing 2024: 10.66Italian Open 2024: 11.25Valsugana Speedcubing 2024: 11.49Val di NxN: Nocturnal Edition 2024: 12.02Sanda Winter 2025: 10.80Cavarzere al Cubo 2025: 10.79Dosson al Cubo 2025: 11.63Cubos in Vençon 2025: 11.46Valsugana Speedcubing 2025: 10.87Campiglia Open 2025: 9.53Rubik's Italian Championship 2025: 10.97Illasi al Cubo 2026: 9.35Cavarzere al Cubo 2026: 10.38Dosson al Cubo 2026: 10.09Slovenian Nationals 2026: 9.889.3539.7311 Mar 202328 Aug 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.