People · Argentina
Valentin Penna
3×3 · top 8.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018PENN02
Valentin Penna has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.32, set at Chau Invierno En Di Tella 2026, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 144th in Argentina. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2018, he has put 358 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 36,406 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 10.32, a 69% improvement. Valentin has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Argentina | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.32 | 12.17 | top 8.5% | 144 / 1,717 | |
| 2×2 | 2.49 | 3.92 | top 8.9% | 103 / 1,223 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.22 | 20.53 | top 10.8% | 63 / 618 | |
| Megaminx | 1:03.43 | 1:07.72 | top 11.8% | 57 / 317 | |
| 4×4 | 40.68 | 46.58 | top 13.0% | 82 / 632 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.94 | 7.39 | top 19.6% | 170 / 841 | |
| Square-1 | 22.18 | 29.52 | top 32.9% | 65 / 172 | |
| Skewb | 8.20 | 10.56 | top 42.9% | 182 / 409 | |
| 5×5 | 2:10.01 | 2:15.46 | top 55.6% | 170 / 304 |
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
- Chau Invierno En Di Tella 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- 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.
- Theo Goluboff — met in 69 rounds, never finished ahead
- Federico da Fonseca — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead once
- Gael Augusto Lapeyre — met in 58 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.