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Riccardo Polignano

Pyraminx · top 1.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023POLI03

Riccardo Polignano has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.93, set at Swiss Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25th in Italy. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since May 2023, he has put 1,338 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.62 in May 2023 to 7.87, a 70% improvement. Riccardo has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.0% of 129,321 all-time
1.93
signature single · Swiss Nationals 2024
1,338
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
Pyraminx1.932.49
top 1.0%25 / 1,403
3×37.8710.08
top 2.6%98 / 2,882
2×21.682.97
top 3.0%103 / 2,068
Skewb3.215.29
top 6.1%78 / 804
Clock6.927.88
top 10.6%58 / 414
3×3 one-handed17.6520.51
top 14.2%137 / 887
4×441.7748.70
top 14.2%170 / 1,206
Megaminx1:22.321:28.89
top 23.3%125 / 544
Square-118.0929.68
top 23.6%96 / 411
5×51:29.531:45.26
top 26.9%165 / 642
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves—
early days — 2 solves150 / 266
6×63:45.484:27.24
top 60.6%167 / 273
7×76:55.49—
early days — 3 solves177 / 219

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

Serenissima Warm Up 2023: 26.62San Marino Nationals 2023: 30.81Anzio Open 2023: 19.11Montemurlo Speedcubing 2023: 27.02NexCube Italian Open 2023: 19.23Feltre: WC Warmup 2023: 19.48Venzone Speedcubing 2023: 16.86Muggiò & Chill Open 2023: 17.60Bagnolo al Cubo 2023: 18.58Italian Championship 2023: 15.87Sanda Spring 2024: 12.10San Marino Nationals 2024: 12.35Crevalcore al Cubo 2024: 12.45It's Sarzana O'Clock 2024: 11.02Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 14.83GiocAosta Cube Open 2024: 10.57Italian Open 2024: 10.89Swiss Nationals 2024: 12.13Rubik's Italian Championship 2024: 10.60Sanda Winter 2025: 9.96Montemurlo Speedcubing 2025: 9.01Cavarzere al Cubo 2025: 10.42It's Sarzana O'Clock 2025: 9.15Illasi al Cubo 2025: 11.35Abruzzo al Cubo 2025: 10.60Sonvico Summer 2025: 10.42Sardinia Open 2025: 7.87Campiglia Open 2025: 10.04Rubik's Italian Championship 2025: 10.22Illasi al Cubo 2026: 8.51Cavarzere al Cubo 2026: 8.67Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 8.577.8730.816 May 202316 Jul 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 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.