People · Switzerland
Niccolò Castelli
3×3 · top 9.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020CAST01
Niccolò Castelli has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.51, set at Bellinzona Open 2024, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 115th in Switzerland. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2020, he has put 55 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.01 in January 2020 to 10.51, a 42% improvement. He has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.51 | 12.86 | top 9.0% | 115 / 1,197 | |
| 2×2 | 3.35 | 5.25 | top 18.4% | 212 / 913 |
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
- 28 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Ticino Open 2023.
- 4 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.86 at Swisscubing Cup I 2023.
- 4 Jan 2020First competition: Swisscubing Cup I 2020. A 18.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bellinzona Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ticino Open 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup I 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup I 2020 · 4 Jan 2020
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.
- Ioannis Papadopoulos — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- João Filipe dos Santos Pinheiro — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Adriano Pallares — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.