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Paolo Cosimi

3×3 · top 7.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022COSI01

Paolo Cosimi has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.09, set at Eretum I: Winter Edition 2026, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 297th in Italy. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since September 2022, he has put 615 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.26 in September 2022 to 10.09, a 57% improvement. Paolo has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.8% of 288,433 all-time
10.09
signature single · Eretum I: Winter Edition 2026
615
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
3×310.0911.83
top 7.8%297 / 2,897
2×23.394.81
top 18.9%516 / 2,079
4×450.201:03.40
top 25.1%303 / 1,211
Pyraminx7.6811.05
top 33.6%599 / 1,417
Skewb8.3214.87
top 43.8%427 / 810
Clock16.6520.48
top 54.3%265 / 419
3×3 one-handed35.4944.87
top 58.2%533 / 896
Square-139.291:04.66
top 64.5%255 / 415
Megaminx3:06.31—
top 76.5%403 / 551

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

AOpen in Rome 2022: 23.26Italian Championship 2022: 24.58Eretum Open 2023: 20.09Parthenope Open 2023: 21.41Eretum 2: Easter Boogaloo 2023: 21.59Anzio Open 2023: 18.79Eretum III: WC Warmup 2023: 18.14Parthenope Back to School 2023: 16.36Eretum VII: Farewell 2023: 20.00Eretum I 2024: 18.41Eretum II: Easter Edition 2024: 14.15It's Sarzana O'Clock 2024: 14.32Roma ar Cubbo 2024: 12.89Rubik's Italian Championship 2024: 15.94Eretum I 2025: 12.94CubbOpen Roma 2025: 12.60Rome Spring Open 2025: 10.94Napule È Mille Culure 2025: 12.32Eretum III 2025: 13.29Rome IC Qualifier 2025: 11.81Eretum IV 2025: 12.85Rubik's Italian Championship 2025: 11.55Eretum I: Winter Edition 2026: 10.09Eretum 2: Chocolate Edition 2026: 11.81Salento Taralli e Cubing 2026: 11.4210.0924.5810 Sep 202229 Aug 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-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.