People · Italy
Mattia Zago
2×2 · top 0.38% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020ZAGO01
Mattia Zago has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.90, set at Cavarzere al Cubo 2024, puts him in the top 0.38% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in Italy. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since February 2020, he has put 718 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.22 in February 2020 to 8.54, a 47% improvement. Mattia has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Italy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.90 | 2.35 | top 0.38% | 19 / 2,068 | |
| 3×3 | 8.54 | 10.87 | top 3.8% | 151 / 2,882 | |
| Skewb | 2.84 | 5.72 | top 4.2% | 51 / 804 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.02 | 8.94 | top 13.3% | 262 / 1,403 | |
| Clock | 13.59 | — | top 42.1% | 212 / 414 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.56 | 47.02 | top 52.4% | 467 / 887 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.64 | — | top 61.9% | 736 / 1,206 |
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
- 15 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Bagnolo Al Cubo 2022.
- 30 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.28 at Trentin Open 2022.
- 30 Jul 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Trentin Open 2022.
- 9 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at One Looking in Cavarzere 2022.
- 30 Oct 2021First sub-15 3×3: 13.85 at Italian Championship 2021.
- 30 Oct 2021Three personal bests in one day at Italian Championship 2021.
Competitions
- Cavarzere al Cubo 2026 · 9 May 2026
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Valsugana Speedcubing 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cavarzere al Cubo 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
- Val di NxN: Nocturnal Edition 2024 · 28 Dec 2024
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Italian Open 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024
- Muggiò Summer 2024 · 8 Jun 2024
- Cavarzere al Cubo 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Feltre Winter Open 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Italian Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023
- Tridentum Open 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Serenissima Warm Up 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cavarzere Cube Days 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
- Bagnolo Al Cubo 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Trentin Open 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- One Looking in Cavarzere 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Bologna New Year 2022 · 2 Jan 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Italian Championship 2021 · 30 Oct 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Bologna Winter Madness 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 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.
- Simone Cantarelli — met in 141 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
- Daniel Sartori — met in 127 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Matteo Provasi — met in 126 rounds, finished ahead 50 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.