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Federico De Paoli

3×3 · top 0.72% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019PAOL02

Federico De Paoli has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.35, set at Bologna Summer Open 2021, puts him in the top 0.72% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23rd in Italy. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since November 2019, he has put 991 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.13 in November 2019 to 6.35, a 55% improvement. Federico has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.72% of 284,439 all-time
6.35
signature single · Bologna Summer Open 2021
991
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
3×36.359.26
top 0.72%23 / 2,882
2×21.362.40
top 1.6%59 / 2,068
3×3 blindfolded20.7429.87
top 1.6%5 / 244
Pyraminx3.899.02
top 7.1%144 / 1,403
4×436.3944.88
top 8.1%95 / 1,206
3×3 one-handed15.3619.08
top 8.8%81 / 887
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves32.67
top 12.2%33 / 266
Square-113.1918.99
top 12.3%53 / 411
Megaminx1:11.281:20.62
top 16.4%91 / 544
3×3 Multi-Blind11 of 12 cubes · 52:39—
top 16.7%20 / 100
5×51:23.601:36.00
top 22.0%135 / 642
Skewb6.309.26
top 28.1%301 / 804
Clock12.6218.72
top 38.0%193 / 414
4×4 blindfolded8:17.38—
early days — 1 solve26 / 48
6×63:19.05—
top 50.1%135 / 273
7×76:41.19—
early days — 2 solves168 / 219

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 2019: 14.13Bologna Summer Open 2021: 6.35Bologna Back from Holidays 2021: 8.53Pesaro Open 2022: 9.57One Looking in Cavarzere 2022: 8.40Trentin Open 2022: 9.31Bagnolo Al Cubo 2022: 8.79Italian Championship 2022: 9.29Valsugana Speedcubing 2023: 8.24Feltre: WC Warmup 2023: 6.43Bagnolo al Cubo 2023: 8.76Italian Championship 2023: 9.19New Year's in the Dolomites 2023: 8.12Feltre Winter Open 2024: 7.96Rovereto Speedcubing 2024: 8.88Rubik's Italian Championship 2024: 8.20Rubik's Italian Championship 2025: 7.956.3514.131 Nov 20196 Dec 2025

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.