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Stefano Della Valle

3×3 · top 7.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023VALL04

Stefano Della Valle has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.90, set at Italian Championship 2023, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 275th in Italy. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since April 2023, he has put 512 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.98 in April 2023 to 9.90, a 55% improvement. Stefano has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.2% of 288,433 all-time
9.90
signature single · Italian Championship 2023
512
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
3×39.9012.61
top 7.2%275 / 2,897
2×23.314.76
top 18.0%487 / 2,079
Megaminx1:22.421:29.06
top 23.4%127 / 551
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves—
top 26.9%71 / 266
Skewb6.4911.69
top 29.7%315 / 810
3×3 one-handed24.8927.32
top 34.0%303 / 896
4×457.861:02.20
top 34.2%417 / 1,211
Pyraminx8.2414.29
top 38.3%664 / 1,417
Square-124.9639.16
top 39.2%159 / 415
Clock14.2317.62
top 44.8%226 / 419
5×52:04.142:22.37
top 52.0%314 / 649
3×3 blindfolded4:29.72—
early days — 3 solves179 / 248
7×78:51.27—
early days — 1 solve208 / 222

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

Cubing Italy for Charity 2023: 21.98It's Sarzana O'clock 2023: 20.49NexCube Italian Open 2023: 17.66Cles: Too Hot For Cubing 2023: 15.00Muggiò & Chill Open 2023: 13.94Bagnolo al Cubo 2023: 12.06Italian Championship 2023: 9.90Feltre Winter Open 2024: 13.34San Marino Nationals 2024: 13.17Muggiò Summer 2024: 13.07Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 12.22Italian Open 2024: 12.84Rubik's Italian Championship 2024: 12.97Val di NxN: Nocturnal Edition 2024: 12.42Sanda Winter 2025: 12.90Rubik's Italian Championship 2025: 12.07Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 10.399.9021.981 Apr 202316 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 — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.