People · Italy
Zeno Baldasseroni
2×2 · top 3.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023BALD11
Zeno Baldasseroni has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.78, set at Rubik's Italian Championship 2025, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 121st in Italy. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since December 2023, he has put 250 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.19 in June 2024 to 1.78, a 58% improvement. Zeno 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 | Italy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.78 | 3.35 | top 3.5% | 121 / 2,079 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.39 | 8.93 | top 23.0% | 431 / 1,417 | |
| Skewb | 6.06 | 9.23 | top 26.3% | 286 / 810 | |
| 3×3 | 18.57 | 21.74 | top 36.0% | 1,205 / 2,897 | |
| 4×4 | 1:34.37 | — | top 66.9% | 799 / 1,211 | |
| Megaminx | 2:45.62 | — | top 68.5% | 354 / 551 | |
| Square-1 | 1:17.29 | — | early days — 3 solves | 372 / 415 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's Italian Championship 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rome IC Qualifier 2025.
- 9 Aug 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.53 at GiocAosta Cube Open 2025.
- 7 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at Montemurlo Speedcubing 2024.
- 30 Dec 2023First competition: Eretum VII: Farewell 2023. A 25.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rome IC Qualifier 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- GiocAosta Cube Open 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- It's Sarzana O'Clock 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Montemurlo Speedcubing 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Crevalcore al Cubo 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Montemurlo Speedcubing 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Almost Flaminia Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Crevalcore al Cubo 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Eretum VII: Farewell 2023 · 30 Dec 2023
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.
- Matteo Provasi — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Simone Cantarelli — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Sofia Saletnich — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.