People · United States
Michelangelo DiNunzio
3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024DINU01
Michelangelo DiNunzio has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.05, set at PBs in Palisades Spring 2025, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,648th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since June 2024, he has put 142 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.58 in June 2024 to 8.05, a 16% improvement. Michelangelo has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.05 | 10.42 | top 2.9% | 1,648 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.65 | 5.78 | top 22.1% | 8,654 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 48.28 | 52.38 | top 22.5% | 3,404 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.86 | 12.96 | top 35.0% | 9,907 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.82 | 35.51 | top 43.9% | 5,931 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 23.57 | — | top 73.8% | 6,406 / 8,927 |
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 Jun 2024First competition: Apple Cider Open MA 2024. A 10.09 3×3 single to start from.
- 22 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.58 at Apple Cider Open MA 2024.
Competitions
- Brown Cubing Day 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Connecticut Championship 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Connecticut Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025
- PBs in Palisades Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cambridge Cube Clash 2025 · 16 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at the Course CT 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Apple Cider Open MA 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 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.
- Derek White — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Christopher Landgrebe — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.