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Nicolò Barbisan

Clock · top 0.22% of 32,048 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023BARB17

Nicolò Barbisan has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 2.46, set at Illasi al Cubo 2026, puts him in the top 0.22% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Italy. Until April 2024, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since July 2023, he has put 1,504 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.89 in July 2023 to 7.06, a 74% improvement. He has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 0.22% of 32,048 all-time
2.46
signature single · Illasi al Cubo 2026
1,504
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
Clock2.463.82
top 0.22%2 / 414
2×20.952.22
top 0.47%24 / 2,068
Skewb1.603.94
top 0.58%9 / 804
3×37.068.29
top 1.4%63 / 2,882
Pyraminx2.233.99
top 1.6%40 / 1,403
4×429.0735.21
top 2.3%24 / 1,206
3×3 one-handed11.4913.91
top 2.4%21 / 887
5×51:01.361:06.32
top 6.3%40 / 642
Square-110.7214.82
top 7.4%34 / 411
6×62:01.122:05.14
top 11.4%28 / 273
Megaminx1:03.721:15.79
top 11.9%67 / 544
7×73:30.493:41.19
top 20.0%45 / 219
3×3 blindfolded2:01.662:44.30
top 34.0%87 / 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

Feltre: WC Warmup 2023: 26.89Feltre Winter Open 2024: 10.88Rovereto Speedcubing 2024: 10.57Cavarzere al Cubo 2024: 9.76Muggiò Summer 2024: 9.44Trieste Speedcubing 2024: 10.17Italian Open 2024: 8.26Sanda Winter 2025: 8.85Muggiò Spring 2025: 9.25Cavarzere al Cubo 2025: 8.18Dosson al Cubo 2025: 7.59Cubos in Vençon 2025: 8.93Casorezzo Back to School 2025: 7.32Campiglia Open 2025: 8.98Rubik's Italian Championship 2025: 7.43Bozen Open 2026: 7.60Illasi al Cubo 2026: 7.06Minerbe Open 2026: 7.84Cavarzere al Cubo 2026: 9.04Dosson al Cubo 2026: 8.477.0626.8915 Jul 202330 May 2026

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-2 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.