People · Italy
Riccardo Provenzani
2×2 · top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023PROV04
Riccardo Provenzani has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.76, set at Rubik's Italian Championship 2025, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 118th in Italy. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since December 2023, he has put 289 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.52 in December 2023 to 9.30, a 44% improvement. Riccardo has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 1.76 | 3.22 | top 3.4% | 118 / 2,068 | |
| 3×3 | 9.30 | 12.54 | top 5.6% | 215 / 2,882 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.60 | 8.49 | top 24.6% | 458 / 1,403 | |
| Square-1 | 21.43 | 29.69 | top 31.2% | 129 / 411 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.04 | 32.55 | top 36.9% | 330 / 887 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.37 | 1:24.34 | top 49.1% | 569 / 1,206 | |
| Megaminx | 2:11.68 | — | early days — 2 solves | 254 / 544 |
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
- 13 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at B-Game - Bastardo Open 2026.
- 6 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.30 at Eretum III 2025.
- 22 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at Almost Flaminia Open 2024.
- 18 Feb 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.87 at Eretum I 2024.
- 30 Dec 2023First competition: Eretum VII: Farewell 2023. A 16.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- B-Game - Bastardo Open 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Eretum IV 2025 · 2 Nov 2025
- Rome IC Qualifier 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Eretum III 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubbOpen Roma 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- Eretum I 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Roma ar Cubbo 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Almost Flaminia Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Eretum II: Easter Edition 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Eretum I 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Eretum VII: Farewell 2023 · 30 Dec 2023
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.
- Gabriele Cappelletti — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Manfredi Italiano — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Sofia Saletnich — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.