People · Italy
Samuele Gulino
3×3 · top 8.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2021 · 2021GULI01
Samuele Gulino has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.35, set at Sicily Spring 2025, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 320th in Italy. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2021, he has put 177 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.03 in October 2021 to 10.35, a 21% improvement. Samuele has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 10.35 | 11.89 | top 8.6% | 320 / 2,897 | |
| 2×2 | 3.22 | 6.39 | top 16.9% | 460 / 2,079 | |
| 4×4 | 45.71 | 52.17 | top 19.3% | 242 / 1,211 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.30 | 24.85 | top 26.9% | 245 / 896 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.93 | 1:42.85 | top 27.3% | 170 / 649 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:45.45 | — | early days — 3 solves | 68 / 248 | |
| 6×6 | 2:45.40 | 3:12.04 | top 33.7% | 92 / 278 | |
| Skewb | 7.14 | 11.66 | top 34.8% | 362 / 810 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.13 | 10.08 | top 37.3% | 649 / 1,417 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 101 / 266 | |
| Megaminx | 1:53.28 | — | early days — 2 solves | 209 / 551 | |
| Clock | 15.33 | 22.20 | top 49.3% | 243 / 419 | |
| 7×7 | 4:55.88 | 5:07.14 | top 49.5% | 112 / 222 | |
| Square-1 | 41.47 | — | early days — 3 solves | 268 / 415 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 5 of 10 cubes · 1:00:00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 100 / 100 |
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
- 12 Apr 2025Six personal bests in one day at Sicily Spring 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Calabria Open 2025.
- 9 Dec 2022Eight personal bests in one day at Italian Championship 2022.
- 30 Oct 2021First competition: Italian Championship 2021. A 13.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sicily Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Calabria Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Italian Championship 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 8 personal bests set
- Italian Championship 2021 · 30 Oct 2021 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Damiano Di Paola — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Vincenzo Maria Gammino — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Simone Cantarelli — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.