People · Italy
Valerio Alfano Raddavi
3×3 · top 5.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018RADD02
Valerio Alfano Raddavi has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.23, set at Sardinia Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 207th in Italy. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since September 2018, he has put 399 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.03 in September 2018 to 9.23, a 63% improvement. Valerio has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Italy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.23 | 10.39 | top 5.5% | 207 / 2,897 | |
| 4×4 | 39.64 | 47.20 | top 11.8% | 144 / 1,211 | |
| 2×2 | 2.97 | 4.34 | top 14.0% | 405 / 2,079 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.75 | 9.37 | top 25.8% | 486 / 1,417 | |
| Megaminx | 1:40.54 | 1:51.61 | top 35.0% | 173 / 551 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.42 | — | early days — 2 solves | 281 / 649 | |
| Skewb | 10.49 | 14.60 | top 58.0% | 530 / 810 |
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 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Sardinia Open 2025.
- 23 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at Rovereto Speedcubing 2024.
- 23 Apr 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.13 at Sarzana Seaside Cubing 2022.
- 23 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Sarzana Seaside Cubing 2022.
- 19 Oct 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.14 at Road to IC - Milano 2019.
- 19 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Road to IC - Milano 2019.
Competitions
- Swiss Nationals 2026 · 16 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Malegno MegaOpen 2026 · 1 May 2026
- Muggiò Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Muggiò: IC Qualifier 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Cubate Sotto 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
- Sardinia Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Illasi al Cubo 2025 · 17 May 2025
- Muggiò Spring 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Camuni al Cubo 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Muggiò: IC Qualifier 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lodi Speedcubing 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rovereto Speedcubing 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Italian Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Sarzana Seaside Cubing 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Italy 2021 · 11 Dec 2021
- Italian Championship 2019 · 1 Nov 2019
- Road to IC - Milano 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Italian Open 2018 · 8 Sep 2018
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 Provasi — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Christian Crea — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Lorenzo Mauro — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 9.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.