People · Italy
Nicola Barbaro
3×3 · top 0.88% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2011 · 2011BARB03
Nicola Barbaro has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.53, set at Italian Championship 2018, puts him in the top 0.88% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 35th in Italy. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since December 2011, he has put 943 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.15 in December 2011 to 6.53, a 41% improvement. Nicola has entered 19 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.53 | 8.40 | top 0.88% | 35 / 2,882 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.75 | 14.45 | top 2.7% | 26 / 887 | |
| 2×2 | 2.18 | 4.27 | top 6.0% | 201 / 2,068 | |
| 4×4 | 35.71 | 42.58 | top 7.4% | 90 / 1,206 | |
| Megaminx | 1:13.31 | 1:23.28 | top 17.6% | 102 / 544 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.18 | 1:45.02 | top 30.0% | 185 / 642 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 79 / 266 | |
| Square-1 | 44.28 | 1:09.85 | top 70.3% | 277 / 411 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.82 | 17.69 | top 81.2% | 1,173 / 1,403 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:31.09 | — | early days — 1 solve | 207 / 244 |
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
- 27 May 2017Three personal bests in one day at Eretum Open 2017.
- 30 May 2015Three personal bests in one day at PoliMi Open 2015.
- 15 Mar 2015Four personal bests in one day at Small CubingItaly 2015.
- 16 Nov 2014Four personal bests in one day at Platform Open 2014.
- 22 Dec 2013Four personal bests in one day at Salerno Winter Open 2013.
- 2 Nov 2013Three personal bests in one day at Legnano Open 2013.
Competitions
- Italian Championship 2018 · 2 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- PoliMi Op3n 2018 · 26 May 2018
- Eretum Open 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Apulia Open 2016 · 3 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Italian Open 2015 · 5 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Minyons de Terrassa Open 2015 · 28 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Italian Championship 2015 · 29 Aug 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- PoliMi Open 2015 · 30 May 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Small CubingItaly 2015 · 15 Mar 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- PoliMi Italian Open 2014 · 13 Dec 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Platform Open 2014 · 16 Nov 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Italian Championship 2014 · 10 May 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Salerno Winter Open 2013 · 22 Dec 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Legnano Open 2013 · 2 Nov 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Italian Championship 2013 · 9 Mar 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Italian Championship 2012 · 8 Dec 2012 — 5 personal bests set
- Sinuessa Open 2012 · 11 Nov 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Beneventum Open 2012 · 29 Jul 2012 — 6 personal bests set
- Roma Winter Open 2011 · 11 Dec 2011 — 4 personal bests 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.
- Paolo Moriello — met in 125 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Mariano D'Imperio — met in 122 rounds, finished ahead 65 times
- Alessandro Nicolì — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 59 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.