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Riccardo Papalia

3×3 · top 12.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022PAPA04

Riccardo Papalia has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.45, set at Romagna Open 2022, puts him in the top 12.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 448th in Italy. Across 3 competitions since July 2022, he has put 71 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Riccardo has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.0% of 284,439 all-time
11.45
signature single · Romagna Open 2022
71
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
3×311.4514.13
top 12.0%448 / 2,882
4×458.981:05.54
top 35.4%431 / 1,206
3×3 one-handed28.4833.37
top 43.1%391 / 887
2×25.556.02
top 45.9%1,106 / 2,068

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

Romagna Open 2022: 11.45Südtirol Open 2025: 11.81Bozen Open 2026: 11.5211.4511.812 Jul 202228 Feb 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 8.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.