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Simone Cantarelli

2×2 · top 0.77% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2012 · 2012CANT02

Simone Cantarelli has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.10, set at Crevalcore al Cubo 2025, puts him in the top 0.77% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in Italy. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 234 competitions since April 2012, he has put 13,414 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.84 in April 2012 to 6.84, a 75% improvement. Simone has entered 234 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.77% of 186,767 all-time
1.10
signature single · Crevalcore al Cubo 2025
13,414
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
2×21.103.24
top 0.77%37 / 2,068
3×36.848.70
top 1.2%54 / 2,882
4×429.3834.24
top 2.5%26 / 1,206
Pyraminx2.686.23
top 2.7%60 / 1,403
5×557.941:05.75
top 4.5%25 / 642
3×3 one-handed13.1819.41
top 4.7%43 / 887
Skewb3.455.81
top 7.4%88 / 804
6×62:04.002:15.64
top 12.7%32 / 273
7×73:19.653:36.80
top 16.2%33 / 219
Megaminx1:11.661:21.50
top 16.7%94 / 544
Square-115.1023.82
top 16.7%73 / 411
Clock8.9010.53
top 19.5%102 / 414
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves38.00
top 20.4%54 / 266
3×3 blindfolded5:55.71—
early days — 1 solve216 / 244

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

Schio Open 2012: 26.84Italian Open 2012: 19.93Italian Championship 2012: 14.05Italian Championship 2013: 17.21Monticello Conte Otto Open 2013: 16.66Florence Fantastic Open 2013: 14.09Milan Winter Open 2014: 13.05Monticello Conte Otto Open 2014: 13.68BP Cube Day 2014: 15.59Italian Championship 2014: 12.53Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 14.89Respighi Open 2014: 12.59Dueville Open 2015: 11.34PoliMi Open 2015: 14.00Italian Championship 2015: 11.40Mantova Open 2015: 11.28Bugella Open 2015: 9.97Italian Open 2015: 12.00Big CubingItaly 2016: 10.48Florence Rubik's Cube Open 2016: 11.52European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 13.13Rome Summer Open 2016: 11.84Milan Summer Open 2016: 11.78The Most Serene Competition 2016: 11.77Italian Championship 2016: 11.66RoMinx Open 2016: 11.14PoliMi Open 2016: 10.12Swisscubing Cup I 2017: 10.31Fiorano Open 2017: 10.61San Marino Open 2017: 10.42Eretum Open 2017: 9.54Mantua Summer 2017: 10.58World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 10.30Verona Open 2017: 9.60Italian Open 2017: 9.64Gessate Open 2017: 10.00Tuscany Open 2017: 8.92Italian Championship 2017: 9.52Etna Open 2018: 10.03Rovigo Open 2018: 9.23Mantua Winter 2018: 8.85Eretum Open 2018: 9.05Fiorano Open 2018: 8.36Milan Saturday Open 2018: 9.46San Marino Nationals 2018: 9.67PoliMi Op3n 2018: 9.30Monza Euro Warmup 2018: 10.47WCA European Championship 2018: 10.25Belgian Summer 2018: 8.94Zwolle Open 2018: 9.30Italian Open 2018: 9.50Sicily Open 2018: 9.84Italian Championship 2018: 9.10Ticino Open 2018: 8.83Tuscany Open 2018: 9.62Big CubingItaly 2018: 9.66Turin Winter Open 2019: 10.54Mantua Winter 2019: 8.83Calabrian Open 2019: 8.49Bologna NxN Spring 2019: 10.53Etna Open 2019: 8.40San Marino Nationals 2019: 8.91Romagna Open 2019: 9.70Warm Up Sydney 2019: 8.79WCA World Championship 2019: 8.62Vantaa Back to School 2019: 9.28Road to IC - Monterotondo 2019: 7.97Road to IC - Bologna 2019: 9.91Road to IC - Montecatini 2019: 8.78Road to IC - Milano 2019: 10.28Italian Championship 2019: 9.18Malta Open 2019: 8.18Salento Cubing Open 2020: 8.92Bologna Winter Madness 2020: 10.07Lubelska Liga Speedcubingu II Biała Podlaska 2021: 8.51Bologna Summer Open 2021: 8.94Vilnius Open 2021: 9.69Welcome Back Again Jönköping 2021: 8.60Bologna Back from Holidays 2021: 8.49Polish Championship 2021: 9.35Italian Championship 2021: 8.53Ticino Open Saturday 2021: 8.96Bologna New Year 2022: 9.57Paladiamante Open 2022: 9.20Speedcubing i Lille Friheden 2022: 7.78Pesaro Open 2022: 8.96Twist 'n Turn Tallinn 2022: 8.02One Looking in Cavarzere 2022: 8.48Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2022: 9.52Sarzana Seaside Cubing 2022: 8.57SPQR Open 2022: 6.93AssoKappa Meets Speedcubing 2022: 7.92Carpi Goes Big 2022: 9.28Albanian Open 2022: 9.05Romagna Open 2022: 9.63Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 9.38Trentin Open 2022: 8.99German Nationals 2022: 9.12Castenaso Strikes Back 2022: 9.16AOpen in Rome 2022: 8.41Campeonato de España 2022: 9.11Bagnolo Al Cubo 2022: 8.60Muggiò Minx Open 2022: 8.49Crevalcore al Cubo 2022: 7.94Potablava Open 2022: 9.38Italian Championship 2022: 9.52UK New Year Countdown 2023: 8.62Swisscubing Cup I 2023: 8.52Kostelec Nonstop Cubing 2023: 9.03Eretum Open 2023: 8.39Kirkkonummi Time Trial 2023: 7.88Parthenope Open 2023: 8.93Cubing Italy for Charity 2023: 9.12Eretum 2: Easter Boogaloo 2023: 8.76Cavarzere Cube Days 2023: 8.48Valsugana Speedcubing 2023: 8.22Lodi Time Trial 2023: 8.53Serenissima Warm Up 2023: 8.87San Marino Nationals 2023: 7.86Anzio Open 2023: 8.81It's Sarzana O'clock 2023: 9.42Budapest Summer 2023: 9.12Montemurlo Speedcubing 2023: 8.70NexCube Italian Open 2023: 9.49Eretum III: WC Warmup 2023: 7.24Eretum 3.5: Easy Peasy Edition 2023: 8.46Feltre: WC Warmup 2023: 8.63Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 9.41Eretum IV: Don't Stop the Cubing Tonight 2023: 8.53Venzone Speedcubing 2023: 9.06Parthenope Back to School 2023: 8.51Slovak Nationals 2023: 7.75Tridentum Open 2023: 9.16Bagnolo al Cubo 2023: 9.28Salonica Autumn Open 2023: 9.77Tarnovo Cubing Autumn 2023: 8.20Ticino Open 2023: 8.30Valle d'Aosta Open 2023: 8.97Italian Championship 2023: 8.65Ticino Winter Open 2023: 7.93New Year's in the Dolomites 2023: 7.40Vienna Fasching 2024: 8.32Belgrade Winter 2024: 9.11Seomara Cube Fest 2024: 7.98Manduria: Back to Apulia 2024: 8.21Bucharest Cubing March B 2024: 8.48Rovereto Speedcubing 2024: 9.13Eretum II: Easter Edition 2024: 8.84Sanda Spring 2024: 8.89Cube4fun Lublin on WEII 2024: 9.61San Marino Nationals 2024: 8.92Cavarzere al Cubo 2024: 8.39Crevalcore al Cubo 2024: 8.47Twist 'n Turn Tallinn 2024: 8.50Gulf of Finland 2024: 8.63Muggiò Summer 2024: 8.46Parthenope Summer Open 2024: 7.38Juhannus 2024: 9.35It's Sarzana O'Clock 2024: 8.82Venzone: Road to Euro 2024: 7.86Vigevano Squared 2024: 8.99Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 8.35Zvornik Summer 2024: 8.43GiocAosta Cube Open 2024: 8.49Dublin Summer Solving 2024: 8.75Birmingham Summer 2024: 8.37Trieste Speedcubing 2024: 8.63Montemurlo Speedcubing 2024: 8.90Roma ar Cubbo 2024: 9.22Italian Open 2024: 9.24Andorran Championship 2024: 9.35Valsugana Speedcubing 2024: 7.86Rubik's Italian Championship 2024: 8.09Camuni al Cubo 2024: 8.15Museo d'Arte Gallarate Open 2024: 9.72Parthenope Winter Open 2024: 9.03Casorezzo Winter Open 2025: 8.79Eretum I 2025: 8.36Crevalcore al Cubo 2025: 7.91Bucharest Cubing February 2025: 8.20CubbOpen Roma 2025: 8.07Montemurlo Speedcubing 2025: 8.76Muggiò Spring 2025: 7.86Calabria Open 2025: 8.91Cavarzere al Cubo 2025: 8.39Sicily Spring 2025: 7.81Rome Spring Open 2025: 8.84It's Sarzana O'Clock 2025: 7.08Illasi al Cubo 2025: 8.42Kölner Kubing 2025: 8.84Abruzzo al Cubo 2025: 8.85Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.84Cubos in Vençon 2025: 8.02GiocAosta Cube Open 2025: 8.99Sardinia Open 2025: 8.44Cubate Sotto 2025: 8.70Rome IC Qualifier 2025: 8.31Valsugana Speedcubing 2025: 8.20Muggiò: IC Qualifier 2025: 7.67Campiglia Open 2025: 8.59Rubik's Italian Championship 2025: 7.43Kirkkonummen Jouluvääntelyt 2025: 8.29Casagiove Winter 2026: 8.89Bozen Open 2026: 6.96Eretum 2: Chocolate Edition 2026: 8.21Muggiò Spring 2026: 8.93Minerbe Open 2026: 8.76Cavarzere al Cubo 2026: 8.98Dosson al Cubo 2026: 9.40B-Game - Bastardo Open 2026: 8.80Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 9.606.8426.841 Apr 201216 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.