People · Italy
Paolo Resta
3×3 · top 5.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018REST04
Paolo Resta has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.03, set at Salento Cubing Open 2020, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 184th in Italy. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2018, he has put 282 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.04 in November 2018 to 9.03, a 53% improvement. Paolo has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 9.03 | 10.94 | top 5.0% | 184 / 2,897 | |
| 2×2 | 2.24 | 3.21 | top 6.6% | 218 / 2,079 | |
| 4×4 | 42.51 | 46.13 | top 15.2% | 185 / 1,211 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.45 | 1:36.55 | top 21.2% | 123 / 649 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.32 | 10.08 | top 22.4% | 425 / 1,417 | |
| Square-1 | 17.78 | 21.16 | top 22.9% | 96 / 415 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.81 | 25.76 | top 25.6% | 229 / 896 | |
| 6×6 | 3:28.41 | 3:42.29 | top 54.2% | 152 / 278 | |
| Skewb | 10.62 | 12.34 | top 58.7% | 538 / 810 | |
| 7×7 | 5:41.01 | 6:03.52 | top 63.0% | 137 / 222 |
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
- 4 Jan 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.03 at Salento Cubing Open 2020.
- 4 Jan 2020Six personal bests in one day at Salento Cubing Open 2020.
- 1 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Italian Championship 2019.
- 7 Sep 2019First sub-15 3×3: 10.28 at Road to IC - Monterotondo 2019.
- 7 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Road to IC - Monterotondo 2019.
- 2 Nov 2018First competition: Italian Championship 2018. A 19.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Italian Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ticino Open 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- AOpen in Rome 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Salento Cubing Open 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 6 personal bests set
- Italian Championship 2019 · 1 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Road to IC - Monterotondo 2019 · 7 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Italian Championship 2018 · 2 Nov 2018
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 61 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Davide Arnesano — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Gabriele Cappelletti — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.