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Massimiliano Iovane

3×3 · top 0.85% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009IOVA01

Massimiliano Iovane has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.50, set at Italian Open 2017, puts him in the top 0.85% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in Italy. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since February 2009, he has put 1,807 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.87 in February 2009 to 6.50, a 53% improvement. Massimiliano has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.85% of 284,439 all-time
6.50
signature single · Italian Open 2017
1,807
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
3×36.507.94
top 0.85%32 / 2,882
4×427.0733.47
top 1.4%15 / 1,206
2×21.612.94
top 2.6%94 / 2,068
3×3 one-handed12.5814.06
top 3.8%33 / 887
5×558.001:04.82
top 4.6%26 / 642
6×62:09.222:13.71
top 15.0%41 / 273
7×73:22.063:25.53
top 17.0%36 / 219
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves—
top 20.4%54 / 266
3×3 blindfolded5:16.78—
early days — 2 solves197 / 244

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 Open 2009: 13.87Mantua Open 2009: 12.78World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 11.02Obei Obei Open 2009: 11.05South Italian Open 2009: 12.02Milan Cube Day 2010: 10.58Cube 'n Roll Italian Open 2010: 10.72S.P.Q.R. Italian Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 9.00European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 9.61Mantua Open 2010: 9.47Halloween Cube Open 2010: 8.05LOL South Italian Open 2010: 7.93Mantua Spring 2011: 9.09Roma Open 2011: 9.68Swedish Championship 2011: 8.55Roma Winter Open 2011: 10.15Milan Cube Open 2012: 9.46Beneventum Open 2012: 8.96European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 9.80Sinuessa Open 2012: 9.21Italian Championship 2012: 8.78Italian Championship 2013: 9.06Italian Open 2013: 9.27Salerno Winter Open 2013: 8.52Minx Open 2014: 8.41Small CubingItaly 2014: 7.96Italian Championship 2014: 8.36Small CubingItaly 2015: 9.65Italian Championship 2015: 8.30RoMinx Open 2016: 7.97Italian Open 2017: 6.50Mantua Winter 2018: 7.85Tuscany Open 2018: 7.87Turin Winter Open 2019: 7.81Calabrian Open 2019: 7.91U.R.A. Spring of Colors 2019: 7.64Bologna NxN Spring 2019: 7.32San Marino Nationals 2019: 8.146.5013.8714 Feb 200911 May 2019

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 0.50 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 2.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.