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Nicolò Simone

2×2 · top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008SIMO02

Nicolò Simone has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.91, set at Italian Championship 2014, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 145th in Italy. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 75 competitions since November 2008, he has put 1,929 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.93 in November 2008 to 11.23, a 67% improvement. He has entered 75 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.91
signature single · Italian Championship 2014
1,929
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
2×21.913.28
top 4.2%145 / 2,068
3×311.2314.63
top 11.2%423 / 2,882
Pyraminx7.0916.11
top 28.6%518 / 1,403
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves48.33
top 30.0%79 / 266
4×457.881:08.78
top 34.2%414 / 1,206
Skewb7.9012.38
top 40.5%394 / 804
3×3 one-handed27.4735.20
top 40.6%361 / 887
3×3 blindfolded2:38.25—
top 45.9%116 / 244
5×52:14.752:34.75
top 58.0%346 / 642
Square-138.5659.55
top 63.5%249 / 411
6×64:32.435:15.01
top 75.2%204 / 273
7×77:59.818:43.18
top 88.4%200 / 219
Megaminx4:16.88—
top 92.4%508 / 544

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

UK Open 2008: 33.93Italian Open 2009: 28.79Mantua Open 2009: 19.16World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 19.97Obei Obei Open 2009: 18.68South Italian Open 2009: 19.09Milan Cube Day 2010: 17.16Milan BLD Day 2010: 14.88Cube 'n Roll Italian Open 2010: 16.90S.P.Q.R. Italian Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 16.03Mediolanum Open 2010: 16.66European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 17.27Mantua Open 2010: 15.56Halloween Cube Open 2010: 16.08LOL South Italian Open 2010: 13.68Mantua Spring 2011: 14.72Italian Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 13.06Big CubingItaly Open 2011: 15.78Veneto Open 2011: 16.11Trentin Open 2011: 13.88Mantua Winter 2011: 16.53Milan Cube Open 2012: 15.55Legnano Open 2012: 13.68Milan Blind Day 2012: 13.58Italian Championship 2012: 13.06Italian Championship 2013: 12.77Monticello Conte Otto Open 2013: 12.19Big CubingItaly Open 2013: 14.05Milan Winter Open 2014: 14.71Monticello Conte Otto Open 2014: 14.96BP Cube Day 2014: 15.33Italian Championship 2014: 15.41Legnano Open 2014: 14.00Big CubingItaly 2014: 14.33Desio Rubik's Ace 2014: 11.23PoliMi Italian Open 2014: 14.56Milan Winter Open 2015: 13.17Topkek Rubik's Open 2015: 13.53PoliMi Open 2015: 14.97Milan Cube Days 2015: 13.66Mantova Open 2015: 13.61Italian Open 2015: 15.08Big CubingItaly 2016: 14.46Milan Summer Open 2016: 12.13Italian Championship 2016: 16.13PoliMi Open 2016: 15.53Italian Championship 2017: 14.40Fiorano Open 2018: 13.41PoliMi Op3n 2018: 13.03Mantua Winter 2019: 14.89Italian Championship 2019: 13.80Annuntia Sunday Open 2022: 15.08Brugge Saturday Open 2022: 14.42Crevalcore al Cubo 2022: 15.50Koersel Sunday Open 2023: 13.81Visé Sunday Open 2023: 15.34Belgian Nationals 2023: 14.16Annuntia Sunday Open 2023: 13.99Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2024: 14.82Brugge Beginners Open 2024: 13.60Wommelgem Open 2024: 15.53Zottegem Sunday Open 2024: 17.16Belgian Nationals 2024: 15.63Beveren Saturday Open 2024: 17.21Chelles Open 2025: 14.18Beveren Sunday Open 2025: 15.08Belgian Nationals 2025: 15.88Poulseur Open 2026: 14.65Hurlubik's Cube Mouscron 2026: 13.51Twist and Turn Ghent 2026: 15.9411.2333.938 Nov 200818 Apr 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.