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Valerio Maggi

3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018MAGG01

Valerio Maggi has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.82, set at Eretum VII: Farewell 2023, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 168th in Italy. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since September 2018, he has put 940 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.12 in September 2018 to 8.82, a 42% improvement. Valerio has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.82
signature single · Eretum VII: Farewell 2023
940
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
3×38.8210.41
top 4.5%168 / 2,882
2×22.253.17
top 6.6%222 / 2,068
Pyraminx3.918.18
top 7.2%152 / 1,403
Skewb3.855.16
top 9.9%110 / 804
Square-118.1522.51
top 23.7%99 / 411
4×452.491:01.91
top 27.8%328 / 1,206
3×3 one-handed23.1027.85
top 29.0%260 / 887
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves46.33
top 40.9%109 / 266
5×52:12.37—
top 56.7%341 / 642
Megaminx2:49.47—
top 70.0%354 / 544
Clock37.72—
top 91.8%384 / 414

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

Italian Open 2018: 15.12Italian Championship 2018: 13.15Tuscany Open 2018: 13.16San Marino Nationals 2019: 12.36Road to IC - Monterotondo 2019: 11.28Italian Championship 2021: 11.43Pesaro Open 2022: 9.19SPQR Open 2022: 9.48AOpen in Rome 2022: 9.77Italian Championship 2022: 9.54Eretum Open 2023: 10.58Parthenope Open 2023: 10.91Eretum 2: Easter Boogaloo 2023: 10.91Eretum III: WC Warmup 2023: 10.54Eretum 3.5: Easy Peasy Edition 2023: 9.70Eretum IV: Don't Stop the Cubing Tonight 2023: 11.18Eretum VII: Farewell 2023: 8.82Roma ar Cubbo 2024: 9.72Rubik's Italian Championship 2024: 11.52Montemurlo Speedcubing 2025: 10.78Eretum IV 2025: 9.85Eretum I: Winter Edition 2026: 11.668.8215.128 Sep 20187 Feb 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 0.82 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.