People · United States
Simon X. Cannizzaro
2×2 · top 9.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022CANN01
Simon X. Cannizzaro has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.56, set at Bowling Green 2025, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,749th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2022, he has put 212 official solves on the record across ten 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 26.31 in April 2022 to 13.63, a 48% improvement. Simon has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.56 | 5.20 | top 9.5% | 3,749 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 13.63 | 15.04 | top 19.7% | 10,581 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.97 | 7.67 | top 19.8% | 5,284 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 7.38 | 10.56 | top 36.6% | 6,238 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.59 | 1:17.69 | top 49.4% | 8,280 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 32.76 | 43.94 | top 54.6% | 3,605 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.96 | 43.63 | top 62.3% | 8,795 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 2:32.46 | — | top 62.4% | 4,727 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 20.19 | — | top 65.2% | 5,570 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 3:21.18 | — | early days — 3 solves | 7,793 / 9,401 |
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
- 30 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.14 at Bowling Green 2025.
- 30 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Bowling Green 2025.
- 2 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at New York Championship 2022.
- 17 Jun 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.28 at Pennsylvania Championship 2022.
- 17 Jun 2022Five personal bests in one day at Pennsylvania Championship 2022.
- 28 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Country Roads Huntington 2022.
Competitions
- Preble Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bowling Green 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Ohio Valley Open 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Pittsburgh Summer B 2022 · 14 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- New York Championship 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Lake Erie Showdown 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Pennsylvania Championship 2022 · 17 Jun 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Country Roads Huntington 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Empire State Spring 2022 · 30 Apr 2022
- Pittsburgh Winter 2022 · 13 Mar 2022
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.
- Christopher Sun — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xavier Ye — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sean Cutshaw — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.