People · Italy
Fabio Merici
3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018MERI04
Fabio Merici has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.57, set at Valle d'Aosta Open 2023, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 240th in Italy. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2018, he has put 121 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.04 in December 2018 to 9.57, a 67% improvement. Fabio has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Italy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.57 | 13.02 | top 6.3% | 240 / 2,882 | |
| 4×4 | 44.77 | 50.38 | top 18.0% | 222 / 1,206 | |
| 2×2 | 3.60 | 4.60 | top 21.4% | 586 / 2,068 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.89 | 13.61 | top 27.0% | 496 / 1,403 | |
| Square-1 | 34.14 | 52.72 | top 57.0% | 226 / 411 | |
| Clock | 18.17 | 22.01 | top 59.3% | 272 / 414 | |
| 5×5 | 2:39.62 | — | early days — 3 solves | 430 / 642 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 57.46 | — | top 82.4% | 730 / 887 | |
| Skewb | 17.66 | 23.96 | top 85.5% | 706 / 804 |
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
- 18 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.57 at Valle d'Aosta Open 2023.
- 18 Nov 2023Nine personal bests in one day at Valle d'Aosta Open 2023.
- 23 Apr 2022First sub-20 3×3: 14.37 at Sarzana Seaside Cubing 2022.
- 23 Apr 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.37 at Sarzana Seaside Cubing 2022.
- 23 Apr 2022Six personal bests in one day at Sarzana Seaside Cubing 2022.
- 15 Dec 2018First competition: Big CubingItaly 2018. A 29.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Valle d'Aosta Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 9 personal bests set
- Sarzana Seaside Cubing 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Turin Winter Open 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Big CubingItaly 2018 · 15 Dec 2018
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.
- Simone Cantarelli — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Fabian Tomasović — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
- Marco Giordano — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 4.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.