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Valerio Locatelli

3×3 · top 0.029% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018LOCA01

Valerio Locatelli has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.26, set at Abruzzo al Cubo 2025, puts him in the top 0.029% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Italy. Until May 2018, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 81 competitions since February 2018, he has put 4,064 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.31 in February 2018 to 4.26, a 70% improvement. Valerio has entered 81 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.029% of 284,439 all-time
4.26
signature single · Abruzzo al Cubo 2025
4,064
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
3×34.265.68
top 0.029%1 / 2,882
3×3 one-handed7.869.79
top 0.18%1 / 887
4×422.3326.85
top 0.23%4 / 1,206
2×20.902.33
top 0.38%19 / 2,068
Pyraminx2.434.04
top 2.0%47 / 1,403
5×554.6857.68
top 3.3%17 / 642
3×3 blindfolded50.361:16.43
top 10.0%29 / 244
Megaminx1:07.361:23.88
top 14.1%78 / 544
Skewb5.4010.79
top 21.2%225 / 804
Clock9.4411.05
top 22.2%120 / 414
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 7 cubes · 49:55—
top 27.3%31 / 100
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves39.00
top 33.6%89 / 266
4×4 blindfolded18:39.00—
early days — 1 solve43 / 48

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

Rovigo Open 2018: 14.31Eretum Open 2018: 13.50Milan Saturday Open 2018: 13.60Italian Championship 2018: 7.64Turin Winter Open 2019: 8.08Bologna NxN Spring 2019: 8.62Road to IC - Monterotondo 2019: 6.83Road to IC - Montecatini 2019: 6.75Italian Championship 2019: 7.95Bologna Winter Madness 2020: 7.40Bologna Summer Open 2021: 6.07Bologna Back from Holidays 2021: 6.66Montpellier Open 2021: 6.35Italian Championship 2021: 5.40Paladiamante Open 2022: 6.40SPQR Open 2022: 6.01Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 5.98Italian Championship 2022: 5.52Eretum Open 2023: 6.13Parthenope Open 2023: 6.29Lodi Time Trial 2023: 6.03Anzio Open 2023: 5.80It's Sarzana O'clock 2023: 4.79NexCube Italian Open 2023: 5.54Eretum III: WC Warmup 2023: 5.89Eretum 3.5: Easy Peasy Edition 2023: 5.35Cles: Too Hot For Cubing 2023: 5.33Eretum IV: Don't Stop the Cubing Tonight 2023: 6.20Parthenope Back to School 2023: 5.65Muggiò & Chill Open 2023: 6.09Tridentum Open 2023: 5.85Bagnolo al Cubo 2023: 5.80Eretum VI: 5-4-3-2 Edition 2023: 4.67Italian Championship 2023: 5.58Eretum VII: Farewell 2023: 6.00New Year's in the Dolomites 2023: 6.20Eretum I 2024: 5.58Feltre Winter Open 2024: 5.84Manduria: Back to Apulia 2024: 5.46Rovereto Speedcubing 2024: 5.69French Championship 2024: 5.83Lodi Speedcubing 2024: 5.89Cavarzere al Cubo 2024: 5.75Sicily Summer: Arancino Open 2024: 6.07Muggiò Summer 2024: 5.70Parthenope Summer Open 2024: 5.78Almost Flaminia Open 2024: 5.71It's Sarzana O'Clock 2024: 5.36Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 6.13Roma ar Cubbo 2024: 4.68Vieni a Cubare in Puglia Open 2024: 5.49Valsugana Speedcubing 2024: 5.38Rubik's Italian Championship 2024: 5.52Camuni al Cubo 2024: 5.53Parthenope Winter Open 2024: 5.76CubbOpen Roma 2025: 4.91Muggiò Spring 2025: 5.20French Championship 2025: 4.57Rome Spring Open 2025: 4.83It's Sarzana O'Clock 2025: 4.99Illasi al Cubo 2025: 4.98Abruzzo al Cubo 2025: 4.26Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 5.24Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025: 5.37Malegno Valleminx 2025: 5.68Norwegian Championship 2025: 4.78Sardinia Open 2025: 5.24Valsugana Speedcubing 2025: 5.74Campiglia Open 2025: 4.92Rubik's Italian Championship 2025: 4.68Eretum I: Winter Edition 2026: 5.41Illasi al Cubo 2026: 5.02French Championship 2026: 4.94Muggiò Spring 2026: 4.92Malegno MegaOpen 2026: 5.21Cavarzere al Cubo 2026: 5.35Dosson al Cubo 2026: 4.86Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 5.104.2614.314 Feb 201816 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-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 one-handed single — 4 people have one; it is 1.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.