People · United States
Massimo DeLuca
2×2 · top 7.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018DELU01
Massimo DeLuca has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.36, set at New Hope Open Winter 2019, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,991st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since February 2018, he has put 258 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.07 in February 2018 to 10.58, a 64% improvement. Massimo has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.36 | 4.22 | top 7.6% | 2,991 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.58 | 12.42 | top 9.2% | 5,033 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.25 | 7.38 | top 21.8% | 5,851 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.12 | 30.14 | top 31.8% | 4,136 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.57 | 1:08.98 | top 37.1% | 5,981 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 7.72 | 10.39 | top 39.2% | 6,732 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:36.33 | 3:02.68 | top 68.7% | 6,024 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 1:09.11 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,974 / 6,743 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Sep 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.61 at Kew Forest Open 2018.
- 14 Jul 2018First sub-20 3×3: 18.29 at First State 2018.
- 10 Feb 2018First competition: Incredible Pencil Mania 2018. A 29.07 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Think In Fink Fall 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Ridge Cubing Fall 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Arcadia Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
- Ridge Cubing 2019 · 6 Apr 2019
- Lower Moreland Winter 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- New Hope Open Winter 2019 · 20 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Fall Foliage Cubing 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Kew Forest Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- First State 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- No Place For DNF Spring 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- NovaCube 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Incredible Pencil Mania 2018 · 10 Feb 2018
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.
- AJ Kamal — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luke Galioto — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Kevin Coulter — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.