People · Italy
Samuele Archetti
2×2 · top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023ARCH05
Samuele Archetti has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.82, set at Em Ammò Mia Cubat Asee 2025, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 125th in Italy. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since October 2023, he has put 304 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.87 in October 2023 to 9.56, a 31% improvement. Samuele has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Italy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.82 | 5.19 | top 3.7% | 125 / 2,068 | |
| 3×3 | 9.56 | 11.63 | top 6.3% | 236 / 2,882 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.86 | 1:28.47 | top 16.7% | 99 / 642 | |
| 6×6 | 2:18.26 | 2:32.68 | top 19.6% | 53 / 273 | |
| 4×4 | 46.23 | 52.52 | top 19.8% | 245 / 1,206 | |
| 7×7 | 3:52.21 | 4:03.56 | top 27.9% | 66 / 219 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.63 | 9.76 | top 33.1% | 582 / 1,403 | |
| Skewb | 7.98 | 12.40 | top 41.1% | 399 / 804 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.81 | 40.25 | top 50.8% | 445 / 887 | |
| Clock | 31.70 | — | top 86.4% | 360 / 414 |
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
- 6 Dec 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.56 at Rubik's Italian Championship 2025.
- 6 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's Italian Championship 2025.
- 23 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Em Ammò Mia Cubat Asee 2025.
- 26 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Malegno Valleminx 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Five personal bests in one day at Sonvico Saturday Solves 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024Six personal bests in one day at Muggiò: IC Qualifier 2024.
Competitions
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Em Ammò Mia Cubat Asee 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Malegno Valleminx 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Sonvico Saturday Solves 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Camuni al Cubo 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Muggiò: IC Qualifier 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Crevalcore al Cubo 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Lodi Speedcubing 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ticino Open 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
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.
- Paolo Marino — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Matteo Provasi — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Fabian Tomasović — met in 61 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.