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Alessandro Zangolini

2×2 · top 0.18% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2021 · 2021ZANG01

Alessandro Zangolini has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.76, set at Rome IC Qualifier 2025, puts him in the top 0.18% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Italy. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 61 competitions since August 2021, he has put 4,457 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.82 in August 2021 to 5.40, a 58% improvement. Alessandro has entered 61 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.18% of 186,767 all-time
0.76
signature single · Rome IC Qualifier 2025
4,457
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
2×20.761.57
top 0.18%9 / 2,068
3×35.407.23
top 0.22%5 / 2,882
Pyraminx1.332.68
top 0.24%8 / 1,403
Skewb1.773.60
top 0.86%13 / 804
Square-16.7410.62
top 1.4%7 / 411
3×3 one-handed10.9113.90
top 1.8%15 / 887
4×428.2430.67
top 1.9%21 / 1,206
5×552.161:01.40
top 2.4%13 / 642
Megaminx43.3948.29
top 2.6%15 / 544
Clock5.126.48
top 4.7%23 / 414
6×61:51.471:59.49
top 7.7%18 / 273
7×73:22.953:33.55
top 17.3%37 / 219
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves34.00
top 20.4%54 / 266
3×3 blindfolded1:59.49—
top 33.3%84 / 244

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

Bologna Back from Holidays 2021: 12.82Italian Championship 2021: 12.03Bologna New Year 2022: 10.53Paladiamante Open 2022: 10.52Pesaro Open 2022: 11.14Sarzana Seaside Cubing 2022: 9.88SPQR Open 2022: 9.75Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 9.67Trentin Open 2022: 8.57Castenaso Strikes Back 2022: 7.38AOpen in Rome 2022: 8.37Bagnolo Al Cubo 2022: 7.49Muggiò Minx Open 2022: 8.05Crevalcore al Cubo 2022: 7.97Italian Championship 2022: 8.67Eretum Open 2023: 7.27Eretum 2: Easter Boogaloo 2023: 7.43Cavarzere Cube Days 2023: 8.13Montemurlo Speedcubing 2023: 8.18NexCube Italian Open 2023: 7.21Eretum III: WC Warmup 2023: 7.25Feltre: WC Warmup 2023: 7.34Eretum IV: Don't Stop the Cubing Tonight 2023: 7.00Parthenope Back to School 2023: 7.49Bagnolo al Cubo 2023: 6.88Valle d'Aosta Open 2023: 7.23Italian Championship 2023: 8.15Feltre Winter Open 2024: 7.57Lodi Speedcubing 2024: 8.03Almost Flaminia Open 2024: 8.00It's Sarzana O'Clock 2024: 7.33Venzone: Road to Euro 2024: 6.97Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 7.90Montemurlo Speedcubing 2024: 7.65Ivrea: Back to Square One 2024: 6.37Rubik's Italian Championship 2024: 7.25Val di NxN: Nocturnal Edition 2024: 7.50Sanda Winter 2025: 6.71Montemurlo Speedcubing 2025: 5.68Cavarzere al Cubo 2025: 7.89Rome Spring Open 2025: 6.00It's Sarzana O'Clock 2025: 6.24Cubos in Vençon 2025: 6.69Malegno Valleminx 2025: 6.46Eretum III 2025: 7.29Sardinia Open 2025: 6.74Rome IC Qualifier 2025: 7.22Valsugana Speedcubing 2025: 6.04Rubik's Italian Championship 2025: 7.80Illasi al Cubo 2026: 6.82Eretum 2: Chocolate Edition 2026: 5.40Malegno MegaOpen 2026: 5.97Cavarzere al Cubo 2026: 7.15Dosson al Cubo 2026: 7.27Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 7.22Slovenian Nationals 2026: 5.845.4012.8228 Aug 202128 Aug 2026

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.