People · Italy
Matteo Grimaldi
Pyraminx · top 3.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023GRIM01
Matteo Grimaldi has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.06, set at Rubik's Italian Championship 2024, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 82nd in Italy. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2023, he has put 197 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Matteo has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Italy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.06 | 5.80 | top 3.8% | 82 / 1,403 | |
| Skewb | 3.18 | 8.86 | top 5.9% | 74 / 804 | |
| Clock | 6.69 | 8.20 | top 9.8% | 54 / 414 | |
| 2×2 | 3.67 | 4.84 | top 22.3% | 604 / 2,068 | |
| 3×3 | 17.28 | 22.53 | top 31.9% | 1,084 / 2,882 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at Parthenope Summer Open 2024.
- 18 Feb 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.31 at Eretum I 2024.
- 9 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Parthenope Back to School 2023.
- 9 Jul 2023First sub-30 3×3: 23.55 at Eretum 3.5: Easy Peasy Edition 2023.
- 20 May 2023First competition: Anzio Open 2023. A 31.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Napule È Mille Culure 2025 · 8 Jun 2025
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Parthenope Summer Open 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Eretum II: Easter Edition 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- Eretum I 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Parthenope Back to School 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Eretum 3.5: Easy Peasy Edition 2023 · 9 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Anzio Open 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Sofia Saletnich — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Marco Rota — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Gabriele Cappelletti — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.