People · Argentina
Valentin Penna
2×2 · top 8.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018PENN02
Valentin Penna has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.49, set at Di Tella Open 2023, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 98th in Argentina. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2018, he has put 298 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.97 in May 2018 to 11.10, a 66% improvement. Valentin has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Argentina | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.49 | 3.92 | top 8.8% | 98 / 1,203 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.22 | 23.04 | top 10.7% | 59 / 598 | |
| 3×3 | 11.10 | 12.72 | top 10.8% | 182 / 1,694 | |
| Megaminx | 1:03.43 | 1:07.72 | top 11.8% | 54 / 314 | |
| 4×4 | 40.68 | 46.58 | top 12.9% | 80 / 615 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.94 | 7.39 | top 19.5% | 168 / 830 | |
| Skewb | 8.20 | 10.56 | top 42.8% | 182 / 405 | |
| Square-1 | 27.96 | 30.59 | top 45.5% | 78 / 157 |
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
- 6 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Di Tella Despega 2025.
- 27 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at NxN Di Tella 2024.
- 22 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Di Tella Open v2 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Di Tella Open 2023.
- 13 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at Abierto del Mirador 2022.
- 9 Jul 2022First sub-20 3×3: 12.36 at Mega Open Ciudadela 2022.
Competitions
- Di Tella Despega 2025 · 6 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- NxN Di Tella 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Di Tella Open v2 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Di Tella Open 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Abierto del Mirador 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Mega Open Ciudadela 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- UTN Bisiesto 2020 · 28 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Casal Catalunya Baires Open 2019 · 3 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Nacionales Argentinas 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Baires Centro Open 2018 · 26 May 2018
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.
- Federico da Fonseca — met in 57 rounds, never finished ahead
- Theo Goluboff — met in 57 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gael Augusto Lapeyre — met in 57 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.