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Matteo Bonotto

3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017BONO02

Matteo Bonotto has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.43, set at CubbOpen Roma 2025, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 76th in Italy. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since December 2017, he has put 431 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.05 in December 2017 to 7.43, a 79% improvement. Matteo has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time
7.43
signature single · CubbOpen Roma 2025
431
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
3×37.438.40
top 1.9%76 / 2,882
2×22.114.40
top 5.5%182 / 2,068
Pyraminx5.198.66
top 14.4%284 / 1,403
3×3 one-handed17.9524.13
top 14.9%143 / 887
Clock9.21
early days — 1 solve112 / 414
4×451.3757.57
top 26.4%315 / 1,206
Skewb6.8312.33
top 32.3%330 / 804

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 Championship 2017: 35.05Rovigo Open 2018: 28.73Bologna NxN Spring 2019: 23.15Italian Championship 2019: 19.86Parthenope Open 2023: 11.31Eretum 2: Easter Boogaloo 2023: 11.27Eretum III: WC Warmup 2023: 10.70Eretum IV: Don't Stop the Cubing Tonight 2023: 12.73Eretum VI: 5-4-3-2 Edition 2023: 10.54Eretum VII: Farewell 2023: 9.94Eretum II: Easter Edition 2024: 9.43Almost Flaminia Open 2024: 8.58Roma ar Cubbo 2024: 8.20Rubik's Italian Championship 2024: 8.04CubbOpen Roma 2025: 7.43Valsugana Speedcubing 2025: 7.51Eretum IV 2025: 7.837.4335.0516 Dec 20172 Nov 2025

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 1.43 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.