People · Italy
Roberto Franco
Pyraminx · top 9.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024FRAN04
Roberto Franco has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.38, set at Calabria Open 2026, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 200th in Italy. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2024, he has put 179 official solves on the record across seven 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. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.31 in January 2024 to 12.57, a 68% improvement. Roberto has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Italy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.38 | 6.28 | top 9.6% | 200 / 1,403 | |
| 3×3 | 12.57 | 16.30 | top 15.9% | 586 / 2,882 | |
| Skewb | 5.53 | 8.14 | top 22.2% | 237 / 804 | |
| 2×2 | 3.74 | 5.14 | top 23.2% | 626 / 2,068 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.75 | 1:11.31 | top 41.5% | 493 / 1,206 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.11 | 41.22 | top 57.4% | 522 / 887 | |
| Clock | 20.65 | 24.07 | top 66.6% | 294 / 414 |
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
- 28 Mar 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.72 at Calabria Open 2026.
- 28 Mar 2026Five personal bests in one day at Calabria Open 2026.
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.07 at Calabria Open 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at Calabria Open 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024First sub-30 3×3: 25.55 at Vieni a Cubare in Puglia Open 2024.
- 28 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at Vieni a Cubare in Puglia Open 2024.
Competitions
- Calabria Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Calabria Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Vieni a Cubare in Puglia Open 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Manduria: Back to Apulia 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Paternò: Back To Sicily 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
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.
- Alessandro Nicolì — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Giovanni Tramontano — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Alessandro Mauro — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.