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Riccardo Ripoldi

2×2 · top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022RIPO01

Riccardo Ripoldi has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.35, set at Ticino Open 2023, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 58th in Italy. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since October 2022, he has put 1,449 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.66 in October 2022 to 9.98, a 40% improvement. Riccardo has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.35
signature single · Ticino Open 2023
1,449
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
2×21.353.38
top 1.5%58 / 2,068
3×3 blindfolded22.9726.89
top 2.3%9 / 244
Clock4.114.82
top 2.5%13 / 414
3×3 Multi-Blind24 of 25 cubes · 53:04—
top 3.0%3 / 100
4×4 blindfolded2:04.842:52.04
top 3.2%2 / 48
Pyraminx3.275.13
top 4.6%95 / 1,403
Square-110.5914.31
top 7.1%32 / 411
3×39.9813.23
top 7.4%281 / 2,882
5×5 blindfolded6:08.05—
top 7.5%2 / 30
Skewb4.446.51
top 14.0%156 / 804
Megaminx1:10.311:21.87
top 15.8%87 / 544
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves37.33
top 20.4%54 / 266
4×447.2553.61
top 21.1%259 / 1,206
5×51:22.961:40.40
top 21.5%130 / 642
3×3 one-handed24.4030.05
top 32.6%289 / 887
6×63:21.093:27.89
top 51.1%140 / 273
7×75:34.13—
top 60.9%132 / 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

Bagnolo Al Cubo 2022: 16.66Swisscubing Cup I 2023: 15.26Serenissima Warm Up 2023: 15.80NexCube Italian Open 2023: 12.16Muggiò & Chill Open 2023: 11.87Ticino Open 2023: 12.02Italian Championship 2023: 14.37Mega Chiasso 2024: 10.91Lodi Speedcubing 2024: 10.81Crevalcore al Cubo 2024: 9.98It's Sarzana O'Clock 2024: 11.62Vigevano Squared 2024: 11.83Ivrea: Back to Square One 2024: 10.00Rubik's Italian Championship 2024: 13.18Museo d'Arte Gallarate Open 2024: 11.90Casorezzo Winter Open 2025: 12.48Cubos in Vençon 2025: 10.80Hungarian Open 2025: 11.37Rubik's Italian Championship 2025: 13.269.9816.6615 Oct 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 — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 2.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.