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Mariano D'Imperio

3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2009 · 2009DIMP01

Mariano D'Imperio has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.55, set at Italian Open 2013, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 83rd in Italy. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since March 2009, he has put 2,846 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.78 in March 2009 to 7.55, a 55% improvement. Mariano has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time
7.55
signature single · Italian Open 2013
2,846
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
3×37.559.82
top 2.1%83 / 2,882
Megaminx51.4358.17
top 5.7%30 / 544
2×22.253.46
top 6.6%222 / 2,068
Pyraminx3.906.46
top 7.2%146 / 1,403
3×3 one-handed14.6717.51
top 7.4%73 / 887
4×438.5942.16
top 10.4%124 / 1,206
3×3 blindfolded1:19.902:39.81
top 19.6%46 / 244
5×51:23.301:36.58
top 21.8%131 / 642
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves—
top 23.4%64 / 266
Skewb7.2714.66
top 35.8%366 / 804
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 11 cubes · 54:30—
top 39.9%37 / 100
6×63:13.983:33.03
top 47.7%127 / 273
7×75:05.065:32.08
top 52.1%116 / 219
Clock16.2020.27
top 52.5%253 / 414
4×4 blindfolded14:52.00—
early days — 1 solve36 / 48
Square-11:30.72—
early days — 2 solves381 / 411

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

French Open 2009: 16.78Mantua Open 2009: 14.14South Italian Open 2009: 12.13Roma Open 2010: 13.13Cube 'n Roll Italian Open 2010: 11.34S.P.Q.R. Italian Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 11.78European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 12.15Halloween Cube Open 2010: 11.28LOL South Italian Open 2010: 11.63Milan Cube Open 2011: 11.77Italian Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 10.28Big CubingItaly Open 2011: 10.86Castelbelforte Cube Battle 2011: 10.88Italian Open 2011: 10.90Roma Winter Open 2011: 11.13Milan Cube Open 2012: 9.71Tiburtinae Open 2012: 11.78Beneventum Open 2012: 8.58European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 10.46Sinuessa Open 2012: 10.11Italian Championship 2012: 10.28Italian Championship 2013: 9.55Florence Fantastic Open 2013: 10.25Italian Open 2013: 7.55Salerno Winter Open 2013: 9.72Small CubingItaly 2014: 8.88Italian Championship 2014: 9.15Eretum Open 2015: 10.00Small CubingItaly 2015: 10.27Italian Championship 2015: 9.63Milan Cube Days 2015: 10.31Monterotondo Open 2015: 10.30Italian Open 2015: 10.50Rome Slam Open 2016: 9.67Small Cubingitaly 2016: 9.94Big CubingItaly 2016: 9.80Florence Rubik's Cube Open 2016: 9.90European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 10.46Milan Summer Open 2016: 9.59Italian Championship 2016: 9.04RoMinx Open 2016: 9.75Explorarubik 2017: 7.82Eretum Open 2017: 9.19Villanueva Open 2017: 8.16Italian Championship 2017: 8.86Monza Euro Warmup 2018: 9.35Italian Open 2018: 10.98Italian Championship 2018: 8.84Big CubingItaly 2018: 9.687.5516.7814 Mar 200915 Dec 2018

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 1.55 away.
  • A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 1.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.