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Valentin Mallavia

3×3 · top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019MALL06

Valentin Mallavia has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.56, set at Quilmes Aleatorio 2025, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in Argentina. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since March 2019, he has put 544 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 9 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.23 in March 2019 to 8.56, a 63% improvement. Valentin has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time
8.56
signature single · Quilmes Aleatorio 2025
544
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingArgentina
3×38.5610.14
top 3.9%62 / 1,694
2×22.204.90
top 6.2%65 / 1,203
Megaminx55.491:06.11
top 7.7%37 / 314
4×437.9949.02
top 9.8%54 / 615
3×3 one-handed17.2121.69
top 13.1%72 / 598
5×51:24.791:32.55
top 23.1%66 / 296
Square-123.4431.31
top 35.7%64 / 157
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves42.33
top 37.3%33 / 83
3×3 blindfolded2:18.372:31.63
top 39.4%38 / 95
Pyraminx9.8813.61
top 52.1%418 / 830
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 24:01—
early days — 2 solves36 / 38

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

Martelli Open Otoño 2019: 23.23Casal Catalunya Baires Open 2019: 18.10Nacionales Argentinas 2019: 15.24Abierto de Navidad 2021: 13.25Santa Fe Open 2022: 11.51Mega Open Ciudadela 2022: 11.58Abierto del Mirador 2022: 9.24Nacionales Argentinas 2022: 11.59Buenos Aires Cubea 2022: 10.97Abierto del Mirador en Primavera 2024: 9.85Buenos Aires Fin de Año 2024: 8.78Villa Riachuelo al Cubo 2025: 9.41Quilmes Aleatorio 2025: 8.56San Martín Autumn 2025: 8.72Monte Grande Cubea 2025: 9.06Di Tella Despega 2025: 9.21MilaNxNesas en La MataNxNza 2026: 8.628.5623.2330 Mar 20192 May 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 0.56 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.