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Nicola Mazza

2×2 · top 0.17% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019MAZZ01

Nicola Mazza has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.75, set at Serenissima Warm Up 2023, puts him in the top 0.17% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Italy. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since February 2019, he has put 1,282 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.04 in February 2019 to 6.40, an 81% improvement. Nicola has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.17% of 186,767 all-time
0.75
signature single · Serenissima Warm Up 2023
1,282
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
2×20.751.58
top 0.17%8 / 2,068
3×36.409.07
top 0.77%25 / 2,882
Pyraminx3.234.59
top 4.4%92 / 1,403
4×434.0538.39
top 5.9%70 / 1,206
Skewb3.505.06
top 7.8%92 / 804
3×3 one-handed15.1418.52
top 8.4%78 / 887
Megaminx58.581:02.23
top 9.2%52 / 544
5×51:10.551:25.11
top 12.0%73 / 642
Square-114.4520.14
top 15.2%64 / 411
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves—
early days — 2 solves109 / 266

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 Winter 2019: 33.04San Marino Nationals 2019: 21.08Road to IC - Bologna 2019: 12.51Italian Championship 2019: 13.25Bologna Winter Madness 2020: 11.49Italian Championship 2021: 10.47Pesaro Open 2022: 9.69Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 11.24Castenaso Strikes Back 2022: 9.32Muggiò Minx Open 2022: 9.20Crevalcore al Cubo 2022: 7.71Italian Championship 2022: 8.86Swisscubing Cup I 2023: 9.48Eretum Open 2023: 7.93Cavarzere Cube Days 2023: 8.07Serenissima Warm Up 2023: 8.63It's Sarzana O'clock 2023: 7.84Bagnolo al Cubo 2023: 8.64Italian Championship 2023: 8.48Crevalcore al Cubo 2024: 6.40Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 8.30Rubik's Italian Championship 2024: 7.33Rubik's Italian Championship 2025: 8.306.4033.0416 Feb 20196 Dec 2025

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.