People · Italy
Paolo Bartolucci
3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2010 · 2010BART01
Paolo Bartolucci has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.78, set at Italian Championship 2021, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 167th in Italy. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since May 2010, he has put 439 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.05 in May 2010 to 8.78, a 38% improvement. Paolo has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.78 | 10.31 | top 4.4% | 167 / 2,882 | |
| 4×4 | 37.51 | 41.64 | top 9.3% | 109 / 1,206 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.92 | 1:32.53 | top 19.0% | 107 / 642 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.80 | 24.74 | top 22.7% | 204 / 887 | |
| 2×2 | 4.04 | 5.58 | top 27.0% | 716 / 2,068 | |
| 7×7 | 4:25.73 | 4:33.69 | top 39.8% | 95 / 219 | |
| 6×6 | 3:18.43 | 3:35.99 | top 49.7% | 134 / 273 | |
| Megaminx | 2:49.44 | — | top 70.0% | 353 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Aug 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.10 at Bologna Back from Holidays 2021.
- 31 Jul 2021Four personal bests in one day at Bologna Summer Open 2021.
- 1 Nov 2019Four personal bests in one day at Italian Championship 2019.
- 19 Oct 2019Four personal bests in one day at Road to IC - Milano 2019.
- 21 Sep 2019Four personal bests in one day at Road to IC - Bologna 2019.
- 8 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Romagna Open 2019.
Competitions
- Pesaro Open 2022 · 26 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Italian Championship 2021 · 30 Oct 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Bologna Back from Holidays 2021 · 28 Aug 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Bologna Summer Open 2021 · 31 Jul 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Italian Championship 2019 · 1 Nov 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Road to IC - Milano 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Road to IC - Bologna 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Romagna Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- San Marino Nationals 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Bologna NxN Spring 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Mantua Winter 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Roma Open 2010 · 9 May 2010 — 2 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.
- Simone Cantarelli — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Marco Rota — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Luca Brasini — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.