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Damiano Di Paola

2×2 · top 2.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016PAOL01

Damiano Di Paola has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.54, set at Serenissima Warm Up 2023, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 83rd in Italy. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 44 competitions since October 2016, he has put 2,766 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.16 in October 2016 to 8.25, a 46% improvement. Damiano has entered 44 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.4% of 189,179 all-time
1.54
signature single · Serenissima Warm Up 2023
2,766
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
2×21.543.12
top 2.4%83 / 2,079
3×38.2510.60
top 3.3%125 / 2,897
Pyraminx2.955.06
top 3.5%76 / 1,417
Clock5.626.47
top 6.0%31 / 419
Skewb3.355.02
top 6.9%85 / 810
4×436.1044.81
top 7.9%91 / 1,211
Square-111.3018.47
top 8.5%40 / 415
5×51:06.881:18.57
top 9.7%62 / 649
3×3 one-handed16.7826.30
top 12.1%113 / 896
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves33.33
top 12.2%33 / 266
Megaminx1:09.651:18.64
top 15.4%83 / 551
6×62:12.402:25.88
top 16.7%47 / 278
7×73:21.983:31.40
top 17.0%36 / 222
3×3 blindfolded2:41.503:06.43
top 47.0%120 / 248
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 22:50—
top 54.1%47 / 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

Italian Championship 2016: 15.16Etna Open 2016: 14.16Etna Open 2018: 10.92Sicily Open 2018: 11.31Italian Championship 2018: 11.59Calabrian Open 2019: 11.45Etna Open 2019: 11.04Road to IC - Monterotondo 2019: 10.80Road to IC - Bologna 2019: 11.12Road to IC - Montecatini 2019: 11.76Road to IC - Milano 2019: 10.82Italian Championship 2019: 9.96Italian Championship 2021: 10.33Pesaro Open 2022: 11.11Sarzana Seaside Cubing 2022: 10.52Carpi Goes Big 2022: 9.75Italian Championship 2022: 10.31Cavarzere Cube Days 2023: 10.99Serenissima Warm Up 2023: 10.62San Marino Nationals 2023: 10.27Eretum IV: Don't Stop the Cubing Tonight 2023: 10.63Italian Championship 2023: 9.98Paternò: Back To Sicily 2024: 9.60Sicily Summer: Arancino Open 2024: 9.61Sicily Summer: Arancina Open 2024: 9.14Rubik's Italian Championship 2024: 8.25Sicily Winter 2025: 9.63Calabria Open 2025: 10.25Sicily Spring 2025: 9.80Sicily Summer 2025: 9.88Sicily Fall 2025: 9.06Rubik's Italian Championship 2025: 9.34Calabria Open 2026: 10.95Western Sicily Open 2026: 9.38Albania Open 2026: 9.808.2515.168 Oct 201610 Oct 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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.