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Michele Zanirato

3×3 · top 9.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017ZANI02

Michele Zanirato has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.80, set at Monza Euro Warmup 2018, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 369th in Italy. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since September 2017, he has put 170 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.39 in September 2017 to 10.80, a 50% improvement. Michele has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.9% of 284,439 all-time
10.80
signature single · Monza Euro Warmup 2018
170
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
3×310.8012.44
top 9.9%369 / 2,882
Square-113.4814.72
top 12.9%56 / 411
Skewb4.907.58
top 17.4%196 / 804
2×23.414.68
top 19.1%516 / 2,068
4×450.9654.44
top 25.9%308 / 1,206
Pyraminx7.0312.28
top 28.1%512 / 1,403
3×3 one-handed23.5928.61
top 30.4%274 / 887
5×51:48.16
top 41.3%246 / 642
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves
early days — 1 solve195 / 266
Megaminx3:04.08
early days — 1 solve392 / 544

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

Verona Open 2017: 21.39Rovigo Open 2018: 13.30Fiorano Open 2018: 13.51Monza Euro Warmup 2018: 10.80Italian Championship 2019: 11.0410.8021.3924 Sep 20171 Nov 2019

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

The story so far

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-12 Square-1 single — 2,502 people have one; it is 1.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.