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Matteo Paparella

3×3 · top 68.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015PAPA01

Matteo Paparella has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 33.58, set at Pops Winter 2015, puts him in the top 68.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,189th in South Africa. Across 2 competitions since June 2015, he has put 25 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.31 in June 2015 to 33.58, a 19% improvement. Matteo has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 68.4% of 284,439 all-time
33.58
signature single · Pops Winter 2015
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×333.5841.79
top 68.4%1,189 / 2,164
2×28.1814.65
top 68.9%821 / 1,510
5×59:31.47
early days — 1 solve221 / 221

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

Tuks Winter 2015: 41.31Pops Winter 2015: 33.5833.5841.3127 Jun 201529 Aug 2015

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 27 Jun 2015First competition: Tuks Winter 2015. A 41.31 3×3 single to start from.

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 3.58 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.