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Riccardo Brancaleoni

2×2 · top 17.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2009 · 2009BRAN02

Riccardo Brancaleoni has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.28, set at Castelbelforte Cube Battle 2011, puts him in the top 17.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 473rd in Italy. Across 8 competitions since September 2009, he has put 104 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.39 in September 2009 to 16.33, a 66% improvement. Riccardo has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 17.5% of 186,767 all-time
3.28
signature single · Castelbelforte Cube Battle 2011
104
official solves on the record
8%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
2×23.285.71
top 17.5%473 / 2,068
3×316.3318.91
top 28.9%980 / 2,882
Pyraminx14.0516.58
top 78.0%1,137 / 1,403
4×41:53.97
early days — 2 solves933 / 1,206

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

Mantua Open 2009: 48.39Obei Obei Open 2009: 35.50S.P.Q.R. Italian Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 24.19Mantua Open 2010: 23.56Mantua Spring 2011: 21.80Italian Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 21.53Castelbelforte Cube Battle 2011: 16.33Trentin Open 2011: 18.5316.3348.3919 Sep 200912 Nov 2011

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.