People · Italy
Roberto Franco
Pyraminx · top 9.6% of 130,891 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 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 201st in Italy. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2024, he has put 245 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.31 in January 2024 to 12.01, a 69% improvement. Roberto has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 5.79 | top 9.6% | 201 / 1,417 | |
| 3×3 | 12.01 | 14.35 | top 14.0% | 521 / 2,897 | |
| Skewb | 5.53 | 8.14 | top 22.3% | 241 / 810 | |
| 2×2 | 3.74 | 4.44 | top 23.3% | 632 / 2,079 | |
| Clock | 12.32 | 19.69 | top 36.5% | 187 / 419 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.82 | 1:08.24 | top 40.5% | 482 / 1,211 | |
| Megaminx | 2:00.20 | — | early days — 2 solves | 222 / 551 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.11 | 41.22 | top 57.5% | 530 / 896 | |
| 5×5 | 2:58.94 | — | early days — 2 solves | 498 / 649 | |
| Square-1 | 58.08 | — | early days — 3 solves | 325 / 415 |
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
- 29 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Salento Taralli e Cubing 2026.
- 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.
Competitions
- Salento Taralli e Cubing 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- 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 50 rounds, finished ahead once
- Alessandro Mauro — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Sofia Saletnich — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.