People · Italy
Simone Marcellini
3×3 · top 0.62% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020MARC01
Simone Marcellini has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.20, set at Albanian Open 2022, puts him in the top 0.62% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in Italy. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2020, he has put 445 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.98 in January 2020 to 6.20, a 63% improvement. Simone 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.20 | 8.85 | top 0.62% | 19 / 2,882 | |
| 2×2 | 1.85 | 3.13 | top 3.9% | 132 / 2,068 | |
| 5×5 | 58.36 | 1:04.27 | top 4.7% | 27 / 642 | |
| 4×4 | 34.08 | 38.39 | top 5.9% | 71 / 1,206 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.34 | 5.90 | top 9.4% | 197 / 1,403 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.83 | 21.68 | top 17.3% | 164 / 887 | |
| 6×6 | 2:17.49 | 2:33.50 | top 19.2% | 52 / 273 | |
| 7×7 | 3:39.91 | 3:46.93 | top 23.5% | 53 / 219 | |
| Square-1 | 46.24 | — | early days — 2 solves | 285 / 411 |
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
- 5 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Crevalcore al Cubo 2022.
- 25 Jun 2022Five personal bests in one day at Albanian Open 2022.
- 26 Feb 2022Five personal bests in one day at Pesaro Open 2022.
- 28 Aug 2021First sub-15 3×3: 9.32 at Bologna Back from Holidays 2021.
- 28 Aug 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.32 at Bologna Back from Holidays 2021.
- 28 Aug 2021Nine personal bests in one day at Bologna Back from Holidays 2021.
Competitions
- Abruzzo al Cubo 2025 · 28 Jun 2025
- Italian Championship 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Crevalcore al Cubo 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Castenaso Strikes Back 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Albanian Open 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Pesaro Open 2022 · 26 Feb 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- September Speedcubing Tour Warszawa 2021 · 25 Sep 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Bologna Back from Holidays 2021 · 28 Aug 2021 — 9 personal bests set
- Salento Cubing Open 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Simone Cantarelli — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 51 times
- Alessandro Nicolì — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Marco Rota — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 52 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.