People · Italy
Michele Mongiello
3×3 · top 8.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022MONG05
Michele Mongiello has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.34, set at Salento Taralli e Cubing 2026, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 318th in Italy. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2022, he has put 185 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.53 in December 2022 to 10.34, a 52% improvement. Michele 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 | Italy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.34 | 14.02 | top 8.5% | 318 / 2,897 | |
| 2×2 | 3.16 | 5.22 | top 16.2% | 440 / 2,079 | |
| Skewb | 5.72 | 10.38 | top 23.7% | 261 / 810 | |
| 4×4 | 57.04 | 1:18.56 | top 33.3% | 407 / 1,211 | |
| Square-1 | 24.73 | 27.31 | top 38.7% | 157 / 415 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.80 | 9.65 | top 43.1% | 723 / 1,417 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:01.73 | — | early days — 2 solves | 763 / 896 |
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
- 25 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Vieni a Cubare in Puglia 2026.
- 14 Jun 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.36 at Salento Tarallucci e Cubing 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Salento Tarallucci e Cubing 2025.
- 11 Mar 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.39 at Parthenope Open 2023.
- 11 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Parthenope Open 2023.
- 9 Dec 2022First competition: Italian Championship 2022. A 21.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Salento Taralli e Cubing 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Vieni a Cubare in Puglia 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Casagiove Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Salento Tarallucci e Cubing 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Parthenope Back to School 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- Parthenope Open 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Italian Championship 2022 · 9 Dec 2022
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 43 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alessandro Nicolì — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead once
- Antonello Simeone — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.