People · Italy
Paolo Cosimi
3×3 · top 7.7% of 284,439 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 7.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 295th in Italy. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since September 2022, he has put 564 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 35,811 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 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 10.09 | 11.83 | top 7.7% | 295 / 2,882 | |
| 2×2 | 3.39 | 4.89 | top 18.9% | 511 / 2,068 | |
| 4×4 | 54.53 | 1:03.40 | top 30.2% | 359 / 1,206 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.68 | 11.05 | top 33.5% | 590 / 1,403 | |
| Skewb | 8.32 | 14.96 | top 43.7% | 420 / 804 | |
| Clock | 16.65 | 20.48 | top 54.2% | 259 / 414 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.49 | 44.87 | top 58.1% | 525 / 887 | |
| Square-1 | 46.37 | — | top 72.5% | 287 / 411 | |
| Megaminx | 3:06.31 | — | top 76.5% | 397 / 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
- 7 Feb 2026Six personal bests in one day at Eretum I: Winter Edition 2026.
- 25 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rome Spring Open 2025.
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.15 at Eretum II: Easter Edition 2024.
- 9 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Parthenope Back to School 2023.
- 20 May 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.79 at Anzio Open 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Eretum Open 2023.
Competitions
- Eretum 2: Chocolate Edition 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Eretum I: Winter Edition 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Eretum IV 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rome IC Qualifier 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Eretum III 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
- Napule È Mille Culure 2025 · 8 Jun 2025
- Rome Spring Open 2025 · 25 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CubbOpen Roma 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Eretum I 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Roma ar Cubbo 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- It's Sarzana O'Clock 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Eretum II: Easter Edition 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Eretum I 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Eretum VII: Farewell 2023 · 30 Dec 2023
- Parthenope Back to School 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Eretum III: WC Warmup 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Anzio Open 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Eretum 2: Easter Boogaloo 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Parthenope Open 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Eretum Open 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Italian Championship 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- AOpen in Rome 2022 · 10 Sep 2022
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.
- Sofia Saletnich — met in 139 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Flavio Rimi — met in 134 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gabriele Cappelletti — met in 133 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.