People · Italy
Samuele Zucca
2×2 · top 13.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016ZUCC01
Samuele Zucca has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.91, set at Road to IC - Milano 2019, puts him in the top 13.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 384th in Italy. Across 24 competitions since December 2016, he has put 463 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.09 in December 2016 to 14.37, a 32% improvement. Samuele 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.91 | 4.66 | top 13.2% | 384 / 2,068 | |
| 3×3 | 14.37 | 18.69 | top 22.3% | 783 / 2,882 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.68 | 1:47.36 | top 61.9% | 738 / 1,206 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.76 | 18.46 | top 65.7% | 1,000 / 1,403 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 48 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 195 / 266 |
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
- 13 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.37 at Sardinia Open 2025.
- 10 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at Eretum Open 2018.
- 13 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at Etna Open 2018.
- 7 Oct 2017First sub-20 3×3: 19.88 at Italian Open 2017.
- 3 Dec 2016First competition: PoliMi Open 2016. A 21.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Sardinia Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
- GiocAosta Cube Open 2024 · 11 Aug 2024
- Sicily Summer: Arancina Open 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Crevalcore al Cubo 2024 · 11 May 2024
- Italian Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023
- Eretum IV: Don't Stop the Cubing Tonight 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- NexCube Italian Open 2023 · 24 Jun 2023
- Anzio Open 2023 · 20 May 2023
- Lodi Time Trial 2023 · 29 Apr 2023
- Italian Championship 2022 · 9 Dec 2022
- Italian Championship 2021 · 30 Oct 2021
- Italian Championship 2019 · 1 Nov 2019
- Road to IC - Milano 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bologna NxN Spring 2019 · 6 Apr 2019
- Tuscany Open 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
- Italian Championship 2018 · 2 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Eretum Open 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Etna Open 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Italian Championship 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Tuscany Open 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Italian Open 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- PoliMi Open 2016 · 3 Dec 2016
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 98 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Vincenzo Maria Gammino — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Marco Rota — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.