People · Italy
Samuele Franchi
2×2 · top 3.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023FRAN36
Samuele Franchi has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.69, set at Valsugana Speedcubing 2025, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 106th in Italy. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since September 2023, he has put 401 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.68 in September 2023 to 10.04, a 40% improvement. Samuele has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 1.69 | 3.34 | top 3.1% | 106 / 2,079 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.88 | 19.92 | top 6.0% | 56 / 896 | |
| 3×3 | 10.04 | 12.57 | top 7.6% | 288 / 2,897 | |
| Skewb | 3.56 | 5.55 | top 8.1% | 97 / 810 | |
| 4×4 | 43.13 | 49.33 | top 16.0% | 197 / 1,211 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.00 | 7.18 | top 20.0% | 378 / 1,417 | |
| Megaminx | 1:22.81 | 1:39.33 | top 23.6% | 128 / 551 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.67 | — | top 43.9% | 267 / 649 | |
| Square-1 | 37.87 | 45.00 | top 62.6% | 250 / 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
- 1 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at Campiglia Open 2025.
- 11 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Valsugana Speedcubing 2025.
- 17 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Illasi al Cubo 2025.
- 21 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at Italian Open 2024.
- 4 May 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.46 at Cavarzere al Cubo 2024.
- 4 May 2024Five personal bests in one day at Cavarzere al Cubo 2024.
Competitions
- Illasi al Cubo 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Campiglia Open 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Valsugana Speedcubing 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Dosson al Cubo 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Illasi al Cubo 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Verona Big & Blind 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Italian Open 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cavarzere al Cubo 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- San Marino Nationals 2024 · 28 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Tridentum Open 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Matteo Emiliani — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Federico Preti — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Fabian Tomasović — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.