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Paolo Marino

Clock · top 0.17% of 32,048 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021MARI04

Paolo Marino has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 2.38, set at Munich Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.17% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Italy. Until May 2024, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 109 competitions since November 2021, he has put 6,977 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.69 in November 2021 to 5.97, a 53% improvement. Paolo has entered 109 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 0.17% of 32,048 all-time
2.38
signature single · Munich Open 2026
6,977
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
Clock2.382.78
top 0.17%1 / 414
5×540.5648.30
top 0.2%2 / 642
2×20.852.99
top 0.29%16 / 2,068
6×61:17.191:23.74
top 0.39%1 / 273
3×35.977.92
top 0.47%15 / 2,882
4×424.0326.94
top 0.5%7 / 1,206
7×72:00.632:10.07
top 0.61%1 / 219
Pyraminx1.662.86
top 0.62%14 / 1,403
3×3 one-handed9.6512.88
top 0.82%4 / 887
Megaminx42.2547.52
top 2.2%14 / 544
Skewb2.914.81
top 4.6%54 / 804
Square-19.2016.08
top 4.7%20 / 411
3×3 blindfolded1:02.691:35.04
top 13.9%38 / 244
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves38.67
top 17.4%45 / 266
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 24:33—
top 41.6%39 / 100
4×4 blindfolded16:12.00—
top 80.9%39 / 48

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

Ticino Open Saturday 2021: 12.69Bologna New Year 2022: 9.54Swisscubing Cup I 2022: 9.86Swisscubing Cup II 2022: 9.67SPQR Open 2022: 9.05AssoKappa Meets Speedcubing 2022: 9.68Lake Constance Cubing 2022: 9.20Carpi Goes Big 2022: 8.94Romagna Open 2022: 9.24Trentin Open 2022: 9.11Swisscubing Cup IV 2022: 7.80Castenaso Strikes Back 2022: 9.23Swiss Nationals 2022: 8.78Bagnolo Al Cubo 2022: 8.33Muggiò Minx Open 2022: 9.04Crevalcore al Cubo 2022: 8.73Italian Championship 2022: 9.29Frozen Lake Constance 2023: 6.40Swisscubing Cup I 2023: 8.29Cubing Italy for Charity 2023: 7.36Cavarzere Cube Days 2023: 8.60Valsugana Speedcubing 2023: 8.35Lodi Time Trial 2023: 7.30Serenissima Warm Up 2023: 8.05San Marino Nationals 2023: 8.01It's Sarzana O'clock 2023: 7.74Montemurlo Speedcubing 2023: 8.22NexCube Italian Open 2023: 8.12Cubing Returns Munich A 2023: 8.49Feltre: WC Warmup 2023: 8.06Cles: Too Hot For Cubing 2023: 7.63Venzone Speedcubing 2023: 8.21Muggiò & Chill Open 2023: 7.36Tridentum Open 2023: 7.23Bagnolo al Cubo 2023: 7.25Ticino Open 2023: 7.74Bavarian Open 2023: 7.27Swiss Science Open 2023: 7.56Valle d'Aosta Open 2023: 8.14Italian Championship 2023: 7.94Ticino Winter Open 2023: 8.05New Year's in the Dolomites 2023: 7.46Feltre Winter Open 2024: 8.18Rovereto Speedcubing 2024: 7.42Lodi Speedcubing 2024: 8.28San Marino Nationals 2024: 6.89Crevalcore al Cubo 2024: 6.99Almost Flaminia Open 2024: 6.89It's Sarzana O'Clock 2024: 7.23Vigevano Squared 2024: 7.96Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 6.54Cubing Days Neuburg 2024: 7.63Muggiò: IC Qualifier 2024: 7.50Valsugana Speedcubing 2024: 7.25Rubik's Italian Championship 2024: 6.69Camuni al Cubo 2024: 7.80Museo d'Arte Gallarate Open 2024: 8.09Val di NxN: Nocturnal Edition 2024: 7.22Sonvico Saturday Solves 2025: 8.00Crevalcore al Cubo 2025: 7.37Südtirol Open 2025: 7.08It's Sarzana O'Clock 2025: 7.27Illasi al Cubo 2025: 7.00Dosson al Cubo 2025: 5.97Malegno Valleminx 2025: 6.67Em Ammò Mia Cubat Asee 2025: 6.26Cubing Days Neuburg 2025: 7.87Munich Open 2025: 6.25Bündner Open 2025: 7.14Valsugana Speedcubing 2025: 7.21Muggiò: IC Qualifier 2025: 7.32Dreht's Eich in Ergolding 2025: 7.76Rubik's Italian Championship 2025: 7.12Bozen Open 2026: 6.40Munich Open 2026: 7.07Malegno MegaOpen 2026: 6.90Franconia Cube Days 2026: 6.65NxN in Jura 2026: 6.06Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 6.44Éire 100 2026: 6.745.9712.696 Nov 202122 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-2 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-40 5×5 single — 68 people have one; it is 0.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.