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Nicola Giordani

2×2 · top 0.85% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2009 · 2009GIOR01

Nicola Giordani has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.13, set at Trentin Open 2011, puts him in the top 0.85% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 40th in Italy. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since September 2009, he has put 411 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 8 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.59 in September 2009 to 12.18, a 48% improvement. Nicola has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.85% of 186,767 all-time
1.13
signature single · Trentin Open 2011
411
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
2×21.134.36
top 0.85%40 / 2,068
3×312.1814.76
top 14.5%539 / 2,882
4×450.1959.53
top 24.9%298 / 1,206
3×3 one-handed26.0529.58
top 37.0%331 / 887
3×3 blindfolded2:12.864:02.80
top 37.6%97 / 244
5×52:16.062:26.87
top 58.8%351 / 642

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

Mantua Open 2009: 23.59Obei Obei Open 2009: 18.84Milan Cube Day 2010: 14.99Cube 'n Roll Italian Open 2010: 15.16Mediolanum Open 2010: 15.27Halloween Cube Open 2010: 12.90Milan Cube Open 2011: 12.53Mantua Spring 2011: 12.18Italian Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 12.96Trentin Open 2011: 13.75Mantua Winter 2011: 13.19Schio Open 2012: 13.11Italian Open 2012: 14.4612.1823.5919 Sep 20099 Jun 2012

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.