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Damiano Albini

Square-1 · top 0.57% of 25,272 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021ALBI01

Damiano Albini has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 5.65, set at Ticino Open 2023, puts him in the top 0.57% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Switzerland. Until July 2018, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since November 2021, he has put 1,555 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.70 in November 2021 to 6.65, a 31% improvement. Damiano has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 0.57% of 25,272 all-time
5.65
signature single · Ticino Open 2023
1,555
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
Square-15.658.00
top 0.57%1 / 159
Pyraminx1.723.25
top 0.7%7 / 655
3×36.658.00
top 0.98%16 / 1,197
Megaminx37.9443.94
top 1.1%3 / 207
2×21.382.53
top 1.6%26 / 913
3×3 one-handed11.1116.17
top 1.9%13 / 367
4×431.2935.97
top 3.7%17 / 462
Skewb3.126.07
top 5.6%28 / 388
5×51:01.831:08.62
top 6.5%13 / 266
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves45.00
top 17.4%24 / 97
Clock8.5611.11
top 17.8%37 / 226
7×73:24.483:54.27
top 17.9%17 / 118
6×62:19.482:26.17
top 20.2%21 / 141
3×3 blindfolded1:30.71—
top 23.3%27 / 87
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 6 cubes · 48:14—
early days — 1 solve41 / 41

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

Ticino Open Sunday 2021: 9.70Swisscubing Cup I 2022: 8.43Swisscubing Cup III 2022: 6.68Trentin Open 2022: 8.22Swiss Nationals 2022: 8.51Muggiò Minx Open 2022: 7.48Swisscubing Cup I 2023: 8.37Feltre: WC Warmup 2023: 8.04Cles: Too Hot For Cubing 2023: 7.53Ticino Open 2023: 8.43Ticino Winter Open 2023: 7.64Mega Chiasso 2024: 7.63Bellinzona Back to School 2024: 7.17LaFilanda Speedcubing 2024: 7.97Swiss Science Open 2024: 7.33Museo d'Arte Gallarate Open 2024: 7.93Sonvico Saturday Solves 2025: 7.12Sonvico Spring 2025: 6.65LaFilanda Speedcubing 2025: 6.77Your Average Sonvico 2026: 7.64Belli in Zona 2026: 7.49Casorezzo Spring 2026: 7.18Ghem Ammò Vöia Da Cubaa 2026: 6.686.659.707 Nov 202118 Apr 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 Square-1 single — 68 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.