People · Italy
Simone Sannino
2×2 · top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024SANN04
Simone Sannino has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.82, set at Rubik's Italian Championship 2025, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 125th in Italy. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since November 2024, he has put 305 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.87 in November 2024 to 11.70, a 58% improvement. Simone has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 1.82 | 4.15 | top 3.7% | 125 / 2,068 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.37 | 5.75 | top 5.0% | 103 / 1,403 | |
| 3×3 | 11.70 | 14.88 | top 12.8% | 471 / 2,882 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.38 | 32.97 | top 29.8% | 267 / 887 | |
| Clock | 10.94 | 12.94 | top 29.8% | 154 / 414 | |
| Skewb | 7.91 | 10.61 | top 40.6% | 395 / 804 | |
| Square-1 | 26.37 | 36.38 | top 42.2% | 169 / 411 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.61 | 1:11.62 | top 42.4% | 508 / 1,206 | |
| Megaminx | 2:13.51 | — | early days — 2 solves | 258 / 544 | |
| 5×5 | 2:46.22 | — | top 73.1% | 455 / 642 |
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
- 24 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Casagiove Winter 2026.
- 6 Dec 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.86 at Rubik's Italian Championship 2025.
- 6 Dec 2025Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's Italian Championship 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Six personal bests in one day at Rome IC Qualifier 2025.
- 28 Dec 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.59 at Parthenope Winter Open 2024.
- 28 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Parthenope Winter Open 2024.
Competitions
- Napule È Mille Culure 2026 · 6 Jun 2026
- Casagiove Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Rome IC Qualifier 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Napule È Mille Culure 2025 · 8 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubbOpen Roma 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Parthenope Winter Open 2024 · 28 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
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.
- Leonardo Carosio — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead once
- Giovanni Piscitelli — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Flavio Tranquilli — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.