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Claudio Bentivoglio

3×3 · top 3.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014BENT01

Claudio Bentivoglio has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.45, set at Italian Championship 2021, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 143rd in Italy. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since March 2014, he has put 880 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.63 in March 2014 to 8.45, a 49% improvement. Claudio has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.7% of 288,433 all-time
8.45
signature single · Italian Championship 2021
880
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
3×38.4510.99
top 3.7%143 / 2,897
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves46.33
top 6.3%19 / 266
4×435.2145.13
top 7.0%82 / 1,211
2×22.564.61
top 9.6%300 / 2,079
3×3 one-handed16.3619.39
top 11.1%103 / 896
3×3 blindfolded1:12.19—
top 16.9%44 / 248
Square-116.9723.26
top 21.0%85 / 415
5×51:23.461:28.34
top 22.1%135 / 649
Megaminx1:50.882:10.02
top 41.0%198 / 551
6×63:01.173:24.40
top 41.6%114 / 278
7×74:51.475:53.84
top 48.2%110 / 222
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 22:22—
early days — 2 solves45 / 100

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

Monticello Conte Otto Open 2014: 16.63BP Cube Day 2014: 17.34Legnano Open 2014: 15.94No Parity Open 2014: 14.09Respighi Open 2014: 13.52PoliMi Italian Open 2014: 12.93Monticello Conte Otto Open 2015: 11.84Italian Championship 2015: 11.56Mantova Open 2015: 11.86Mantua Tiny Open 2016: 10.45Italian Championship 2016: 10.27PoliMi Open 2016: 11.19Gessate Open 2017: 10.41Italian Championship 2017: 11.97Milan Saturday Open 2018: 10.68PoliMi Op3n 2018: 10.25WCA European Championship 2018: 11.14Italian Championship 2018: 10.46Big CubingItaly 2018: 9.69Turin Winter Open 2019: 10.71Mantua Winter 2019: 9.99Romagna Open 2019: 10.97Road to IC - Milano 2019: 9.97Italian Championship 2019: 9.21Italian Championship 2021: 8.458.4517.3429 Mar 201430 Oct 2021

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-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 5.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.