People · Australia
Ana Valentini
2×2 · top 7.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023VALE05
Ana Valentini has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.37, set at Australian Nationals 2023, puts her in the top 7.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 586th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2023, she has put 165 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 3 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 27.58 in March 2023 to 15.43, a 44% improvement. Ana 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 4.79 | top 7.7% | 586 / 8,727 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.67 | 9.12 | top 17.6% | 874 / 6,109 | |
| 3×3 | 15.43 | 17.60 | top 26.0% | 2,415 / 11,943 | |
| Skewb | 8.11 | 9.41 | top 42.2% | 1,316 / 3,589 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.72 | 1:18.77 | top 47.6% | 1,299 / 3,108 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.58 | 43.73 | top 50.3% | 1,174 / 2,685 | |
| Megaminx | 2:39.78 | — | early days — 2 solves | 874 / 1,313 | |
| Clock | 20.48 | — | early days — 1 solve | 752 / 1,159 | |
| 5×5 | 2:46.27 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,070 / 1,412 | |
| Square-1 | 48.78 | — | early days — 1 solve | 726 / 920 |
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
- 16 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Sydney Summer 2023.
- 28 Sep 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.54 at Australian Nationals 2023.
- 28 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2023.
- 5 Mar 2023First competition: North Sydney Cube Day 2023. A 27.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds IX: June Saturday 2026 · 6 Jun 2026
- North Sydney No Seeing 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NxNjoyable Sydney Gathering 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024 · 18 May 2024
- Sydney Summer 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Dilly 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- North Sydney Cube Day 2023 · 5 Mar 2023
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 her.
- Kenta Duong — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- James Kirschner — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Harrison Jonathan Newbery-Chunn — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as she improves.