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Vinny Vecchio

3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2011 · 2011VECC01

Vinny Vecchio has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.44, set at Incredible Pencil Mania 2018, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,047th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since March 2011, he has put 807 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.05 in March 2011 to 8.44, a 53% improvement. Vinny has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.44
signature single · Incredible Pencil Mania 2018
807
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.4410.74
top 3.6%2,047 / 59,724
5×51:02.791:08.36
top 7.1%566 / 9,401
4×435.5641.73
top 7.2%1,105 / 19,072
7×72:51.332:56.02
top 8.3%226 / 3,184
6×62:05.532:13.64
top 13.4%496 / 4,196
3×3 one-handed27.6933.83
top 41.1%5,510 / 15,683
2×25.156.85
top 41.2%16,553 / 40,951
Megaminx2:02.002:30.64
top 46.8%3,459 / 7,841
3×3 blindfolded7:43.96—
early days — 1 solve1,964 / 2,092

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

Newark Head to Head 2011: 18.05Cornell Spring 2011: 15.03Park Ridge Open 2011: 16.58Hackley Summer 2011: 13.86Princeton Fall 2011: 12.91Bridgewater Open 2011: 13.52MIT Spring 2012: 11.80Jersey Shore Open 2012: 12.84Princeton Fall 2012: 11.93Levittown Open 2012: 13.81CCFC Fall 2013: 13.87Big Apple Cube Clash 2016: 10.98Big Apple Spring 2016: 11.31New York City Summer 2016: 11.23Big Cube Bash 2017: 11.57CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 12.53Sharon Summer 2017: 9.82Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 8.44Rutgers Spring 2018: 9.14CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 9.04Pennsylvania 2018: 9.22CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018: 9.34New Hope Open Winter 2019: 9.11Princeton Winter 2019: 9.10Binghamton Winter 2019: 9.18Penn Cube Day Spring 2019: 9.18Dallas Warm Up 2019: 10.58CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 10.04Back to School DFW 2019: 9.96Houston Winter 2020: 9.358.4418.0519 Mar 201125 Jan 2020

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.

  • Eric Zhao — met in 105 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
  • Zach Goldman — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
  • Dana Yi — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 20 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 2.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.