People · Italy
Riccardo Chiarenza
2×2 · top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022CHIA05
Riccardo Chiarenza has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.30, set at Crevalcore al Cubo 2025, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 48th in Italy. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since April 2022, he has put 708 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.68 in April 2022 to 9.44, a 52% improvement. Riccardo has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 1.30 | 4.01 | top 1.4% | 48 / 2,068 | |
| 3×3 | 9.44 | 10.22 | top 5.9% | 227 / 2,882 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.07 | 6.81 | top 8.0% | 174 / 1,403 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.68 | 21.60 | top 16.9% | 158 / 887 | |
| 4×4 | 49.68 | 55.46 | top 24.3% | 292 / 1,206 | |
| Skewb | 7.37 | 10.32 | top 36.5% | 369 / 804 | |
| Square-1 | 24.27 | 29.16 | top 37.4% | 150 / 411 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.06 | — | top 43.3% | 258 / 642 | |
| Megaminx | 2:35.21 | — | top 63.7% | 322 / 544 | |
| Clock | 33.76 | — | early days — 1 solve | 369 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cavarzere al Cubo 2026.
- 1 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Malegno MegaOpen 2026.
- 21 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Illasi al Cubo 2026.
- 14 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.85 at Dosson al Cubo 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Dosson al Cubo 2025.
- 4 May 2024Six personal bests in one day at Cavarzere al Cubo 2024.
Competitions
- Cavarzere al Cubo 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Malegno MegaOpen 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Illasi al Cubo 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Campiglia Open 2025 · 1 Nov 2025
- Dosson al Cubo 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cavarzere al Cubo 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Crevalcore al Cubo 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Italian Open 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Muggiò Summer 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cavarzere al Cubo 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Feltre Winter Open 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- New Year's in the Dolomites 2023 · 30 Dec 2023
- Tridentum Open 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Feltre: WC Warmup 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Crevalcore al Cubo 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
- SPQR Open 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- One Looking in Cavarzere 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Daniel Sartori — met in 114 rounds, never finished ahead
- Federico Preti — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Simone Cantarelli — met in 110 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.