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Marco Rota

2×2 · top 0.27% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2009 · 2009ROTA01

Marco Rota has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.83, set at Crevalcore al Cubo 2025, puts him in the top 0.27% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Italy. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 192 competitions since December 2009, he has put 10,466 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.58 in December 2009 to 7.35, a 76% improvement. Marco has entered 192 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.27% of 186,767 all-time
0.83
signature single · Crevalcore al Cubo 2025
10,466
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
2×20.832.82
top 0.27%13 / 2,068
Skewb1.773.99
top 0.86%13 / 804
Pyraminx2.114.21
top 1.3%35 / 1,403
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves28.00
top 1.5%6 / 266
3×37.359.53
top 1.8%73 / 2,882
Square-16.9811.72
top 1.8%11 / 411
Megaminx50.8755.97
top 5.5%28 / 544
4×434.4539.30
top 6.2%73 / 1,206
5×51:06.151:15.18
top 9.1%58 / 642
3×3 one-handed15.8019.36
top 9.8%88 / 887
Clock7.1611.32
top 11.6%64 / 414
3×3 blindfolded1:04.431:25.61
top 14.5%39 / 244
6×62:16.052:25.99
top 18.5%49 / 273
7×73:28.993:56.97
top 19.4%43 / 219
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 7 cubes · 32:18—
top 25.9%30 / 100
4×4 blindfolded6:45.15—
top 34.9%18 / 48
5×5 blindfolded22:39.00—
early days — 1 solve20 / 30

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

Obei Obei Open 2009: 30.58Milan Cube Day 2010: 24.93Milan BLD Day 2010: 19.41Cube 'n Roll Italian Open 2010: 19.56Mediolanum Open 2010: 18.38Halloween Cube Open 2010: 18.39Milan Cube Open 2011: 17.19Big CubingItaly Open 2011: 12.84Castelbelforte Cube Battle 2011: 12.56Milan Blind Day 2011: 14.88Mantua Winter 2011: 13.05Milan Cube Open 2012: 13.00Legnano Open 2012: 9.56Italian Open 2012: 13.78Milan Blind Day 2012: 11.71Milan Winter Open 2013: 13.02Italian Championship 2013: 12.17Trieste Open 2013: 13.53Monticello Conte Otto Open 2013: 12.78Milan Blind Day 2013: 13.25Big CubingItaly Open 2013: 12.86Legnano Open 2013: 11.65Milan Winter Open 2014: 12.84Big CubingItaly 2014: 12.97Bugella Open 2014: 11.58Desio Rubik's Ace 2014: 12.52Respighi Open 2014: 11.09PoliMi Italian Open 2014: 11.54Milan Winter Open 2015: 12.06Monticello Conte Otto Open 2015: 10.25PoliMi Open 2015: 10.66Milan Cube Days 2015: 11.88Mantova Open 2015: 10.50Monterotondo Open 2015: 11.94Bugella Open 2015: 10.60Italian Open 2015: 11.53Mantua Tiny Open 2016: 11.30Milan Slam Open 2016: 10.33Small Cubingitaly 2016: 10.44Big CubingItaly 2016: 11.09European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 10.96Milan Summer Open 2016: 11.55Italian Championship 2016: 11.08RoMinx Open 2016: 11.11PoliMi Open 2016: 10.63Swisscubing Cup I 2017: 12.24Turin Cube Day 2017: 10.59Fiorano Open 2017: 11.00Milan Cube Day 2017: 10.43San Marino Open 2017: 9.33Eretum Open 2017: 9.95Mantua Summer 2017: 10.59Verona Open 2017: 8.59Italian Open 2017: 9.41Gessate Open 2017: 8.97Tuscany Open 2017: 9.11Italian Championship 2017: 10.06Rovigo Open 2018: 9.77Eretum Open 2018: 10.61Fiorano Open 2018: 10.33Milan Saturday Open 2018: 10.78San Marino Nationals 2018: 8.63PoliMi Op3n 2018: 9.76Monza Euro Warmup 2018: 11.09Italian Open 2018: 10.75Italian Championship 2018: 10.46Tuscany Open 2018: 10.18Big CubingItaly 2018: 10.48Turin Winter Open 2019: 10.19San Marino Nationals 2019: 9.22Romagna Open 2019: 10.61Road to IC - Monterotondo 2019: 10.11Road to IC - Bologna 2019: 10.36Road to IC - Montecatini 2019: 10.94Road to IC - Milano 2019: 10.98Italian Championship 2019: 8.50Bologna Winter Madness 2020: 9.58Lubelska Liga Speedcubingu II Biała Podlaska 2021: 11.85Bologna Summer Open 2021: 10.33Bologna Back from Holidays 2021: 8.47Italian Championship 2021: 10.04Ticino Open Sunday 2021: 10.60Bologna New Year 2022: 9.91Speedcubing i Lille Friheden 2022: 10.79Pesaro Open 2022: 9.44One Looking in Cavarzere 2022: 8.76Sarzana Seaside Cubing 2022: 10.85SPQR Open 2022: 9.27AssoKappa Meets Speedcubing 2022: 10.32Carpi Goes Big 2022: 9.76Romagna Open 2022: 10.68Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 10.78Trentin Open 2022: 9.83Castenaso Strikes Back 2022: 10.07AOpen in Rome 2022: 9.14Bagnolo Al Cubo 2022: 9.36Muggiò Minx Open 2022: 10.73Crevalcore al Cubo 2022: 10.89Italian Championship 2022: 11.01Swisscubing Cup I 2023: 10.86Eretum Open 2023: 10.15Parthenope Open 2023: 7.35Cubing Italy for Charity 2023: 9.49Eretum 2: Easter Boogaloo 2023: 9.40Cavarzere Cube Days 2023: 8.95Valsugana Speedcubing 2023: 9.67Lodi Time Trial 2023: 8.88Serenissima Warm Up 2023: 10.05San Marino Nationals 2023: 8.12Anzio Open 2023: 8.79It's Sarzana O'clock 2023: 10.37Montemurlo Speedcubing 2023: 9.63NexCube Italian Open 2023: 8.95Eretum III: WC Warmup 2023: 9.17Eretum 3.5: Easy Peasy Edition 2023: 10.94Cles: Too Hot For Cubing 2023: 9.96Eretum IV: Don't Stop the Cubing Tonight 2023: 10.25Venzone Speedcubing 2023: 9.79Parthenope Back to School 2023: 8.53Muggiò & Chill Open 2023: 9.98Tridentum Open 2023: 9.87Bagnolo al Cubo 2023: 8.33Italian Championship 2023: 10.64Eretum VII: Farewell 2023: 9.20Paternò: Back To Sicily 2024: 9.16Manduria: Back to Apulia 2024: 9.37Eretum II: Easter Edition 2024: 9.64Lodi Speedcubing 2024: 8.96Cavarzere al Cubo 2024: 9.20Crevalcore al Cubo 2024: 10.17Muggiò Summer 2024: 9.87Parthenope Summer Open 2024: 9.12Almost Flaminia Open 2024: 8.40It's Sarzana O'Clock 2024: 8.68Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 10.75Montemurlo Speedcubing 2024: 9.82Roma ar Cubbo 2024: 9.51Vieni a Cubare in Puglia Open 2024: 9.14Rubik's Italian Championship 2024: 9.50Camuni al Cubo 2024: 9.58Parthenope Winter Open 2024: 9.72Casorezzo Winter Open 2025: 10.19Eretum I 2025: 8.81Crevalcore al Cubo 2025: 8.85CubbOpen Roma 2025: 9.65Montemurlo Speedcubing 2025: 8.68Muggiò Spring 2025: 9.35Calabria Open 2025: 9.26Cavarzere al Cubo 2025: 9.89Vieni a Cubare in Puglia 2025: 9.86Rome Spring Open 2025: 8.97Napule È Mille Culure 2025: 8.89Salento Tarallucci e Cubing 2025: 8.74Abruzzo al Cubo 2025: 10.72Eretum III 2025: 9.73Cubate Sotto 2025: 9.94Rome IC Qualifier 2025: 10.32Rubik's Italian Championship 2025: 9.18Eretum I: Winter Edition 2026: 9.54Eretum 2: Chocolate Edition 2026: 11.40Muggiò Spring 2026: 9.03Cavarzere al Cubo 2026: 10.32B-Game - Bastardo Open 2026: 10.32Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 10.817.3530.587 Dec 200916 Jul 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 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.