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Riccardo Lodi

2×2 · top 2.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022LODI01

Riccardo Lodi has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.55, set at Italian Open 2024, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 86th in Italy. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since August 2022, he has put 649 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.27 in August 2022 to 13.99, a 49% improvement. Riccardo has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.4% of 189,179 all-time
1.55
signature single · Italian Open 2024
649
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
2×21.554.30
top 2.4%86 / 2,079
Skewb2.624.33
top 3.3%42 / 810
Square-112.0221.36
top 10.0%44 / 415
4×443.3549.80
top 16.3%207 / 1,211
Pyraminx5.868.80
top 19.0%356 / 1,417
3×313.9916.83
top 21.0%752 / 2,897
Clock9.6210.68
top 23.1%126 / 419
5×51:26.691:33.71
top 24.8%157 / 649
3×3 one-handed23.6035.64
top 30.5%277 / 896
Megaminx1:52.491:58.86
top 41.9%206 / 551
6×63:02.283:12.51
top 42.2%119 / 278
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves44.33
top 44.8%123 / 266
7×75:08.965:41.50
top 53.6%118 / 222
3×3 blindfolded6:26.73—
early days — 2 solves226 / 248

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

Castenaso Strikes Back 2022: 27.27Swisscubing Cup I 2023: 19.40Lodi Time Trial 2023: 18.34NexCube Italian Open 2023: 15.55Cles: Too Hot For Cubing 2023: 21.97Italian Championship 2023: 14.96New Year's in the Dolomites 2023: 15.96GiocAosta Cube Open 2024: 14.09Ivrea: Back to Square One 2024: 16.05Italian Open 2024: 15.05Muggiò: IC Qualifier 2024: 16.22Rubik's Italian Championship 2024: 15.28Val di NxN: Nocturnal Edition 2024: 17.92LaFilanda Speedcubing 2025: 15.20Rubik's Italian Championship 2025: 13.9913.9927.2727 Aug 20226 Dec 2025

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 — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.