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Marcello Molisse

2×2 · top 9.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016MOLI02

Marcello Molisse has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.56, set at Quabbin Open 2016, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,749th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since April 2016, he has put 99 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.48 in April 2016 to 13.97, a 49% improvement. Marcello has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.56
signature single · Quabbin Open 2016
99
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.565.51
top 9.5%3,749 / 40,951
3×313.9717.58
top 20.9%11,244 / 59,724
Pyraminx10.7512.75
top 58.7%17,218 / 28,708
4×41:51.982:29.44
top 77.8%14,339 / 19,072
Skewb21.0050.58
top 91.1%17,553 / 18,907

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

Weston Spring 2016: 27.48Big Apple Spring 2016: 19.50Lexington Summer 2016: 19.17New York City Summer 2016: 17.89Quabbin Open 2016: 16.01Hudson Valley Open Fall 2016: 16.17UMass ODS Fall 2016: 13.9713.9727.482 Apr 201610 Dec 2016

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.

  • Jason Bilgrei — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Eric Zhao — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Chris Chi — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.