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Simone Santarsiero

3×3 · top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009SANT01

Simone Santarsiero has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.75, set at Sarzana Seaside Cubing 2022, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 163rd in Italy. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 86 competitions since February 2009, he has put 2,899 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.97 in February 2009 to 8.75, a 56% improvement. Simone has entered 86 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time
8.75
signature single · Sarzana Seaside Cubing 2022
2,899
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
3×38.7510.76
top 4.3%163 / 2,882
2×22.164.67
top 5.9%197 / 2,068
Pyraminx4.568.00
top 10.6%222 / 1,403
3×3 one-handed18.6621.98
top 16.9%157 / 887
4×444.0351.83
top 17.1%213 / 1,206
Clock9.3410.99
top 21.7%117 / 414
3×3 blindfolded1:29.242:28.08
top 22.8%56 / 244
Skewb5.728.53
top 23.6%257 / 804
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves40.67
top 30.0%79 / 266
5×52:00.362:11.51
top 49.5%295 / 642
Square-136.6248.86
top 60.8%242 / 411
Megaminx4:14.06—
top 92.0%504 / 544

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

Italian Open 2009: 19.97Mantua Open 2009: 20.03World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 17.43Obei Obei Open 2009: 16.86South Italian Open 2009: 16.97French Open 2010: 14.31Roma Open 2010: 13.88Cube 'n Roll Italian Open 2010: 13.25S.P.Q.R. Italian Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 13.68European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 11.97Mantua Open 2010: 13.44Mantua Spring 2011: 12.88Italian Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 12.22Veneto Open 2011: 12.83Castelbelforte Cube Battle 2011: 12.38Italian Open 2011: 12.31Mantua Winter 2011: 12.31Italian Open 2012: 11.77Italian Championship 2012: 12.56Milan Winter Open 2013: 12.06Italian Championship 2013: 11.02Florence Fantastic Open 2013: 11.55Florence Open 2013: 10.80Cuthberts Open 2013: 11.28Italian Open 2013: 10.50Milan Winter Open 2014: 11.27Italian Championship 2014: 10.58PoliMi Italian Open 2014: 10.84Italian Open 2015: 10.66Cubelonia 2016: 9.15Rome Slam Open 2016: 10.56Small Cubingitaly 2016: 10.31Florence Rubik's Cube Open 2016: 11.05European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 10.06Rome Summer Open 2016: 10.07The Most Serene Competition 2016: 10.61Italian Championship 2016: 10.45Etna Open 2016: 10.30Fiorano Open 2017: 9.57Almost Rome Open 2017: 10.63Eretum Open 2017: 10.47Mantua Summer 2017: 11.14World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 10.62Verona Open 2017: 9.27Italian Open 2017: 9.99Tuscany Open 2017: 10.65Italian Championship 2017: 10.88PoliMi Op3n 2018: 10.07WCA European Championship 2018: 10.03Italian Championship 2018: 11.32Tuscany Open 2018: 10.96Constanta Cube Days 2019: 10.71Road to IC - Montecatini 2019: 11.18Italian Championship 2019: 10.31Malta Open 2019: 9.25Italian Championship 2021: 10.14Bologna New Year 2022: 9.80Pesaro Open 2022: 10.98Montpellier Open 2022: 10.03One Looking in Cavarzere 2022: 9.85Farnworth Spring D 2022: 9.52Sarzana Seaside Cubing 2022: 8.75SPQR Open 2022: 9.43AssoKappa Meets Speedcubing 2022: 8.85Albanian Open 2022: 11.18Romagna Open 2022: 10.45Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 10.32Cyprus Championship 2022: 9.97Crevalcore al Cubo 2022: 10.34Italian Championship 2022: 11.36Eretum 2: Easter Boogaloo 2023: 9.57Lisboa Open 2023: 9.89It's Sarzana O'clock 2023: 9.80Montemurlo Speedcubing 2023: 10.67Annuntia Sunday Open 2023: 10.56Italian Championship 2023: 10.03GiocAosta Cube Open 2025: 10.83UCD Cube Days 2026: 11.44Sonvico Sunset 2026: 10.938.7520.0314 Feb 20093 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.