People · Romania
Alexandra-Elena Minea
Pyraminx · top 5.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022MINE01
Alexandra-Elena Minea has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.39, set at Salonica Autumn Open 2023, puts her in the top 5.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 41st in Romania. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since May 2022, she has put 409 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 23.04 in May 2022 to 17.29, a 25% improvement. She has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.39 | 12.17 | top 5.0% | 41 / 825 | |
| 3×3 | 17.29 | 20.62 | top 31.9% | 402 / 1,574 | |
| 2×2 | 5.16 | 7.53 | top 41.3% | 428 / 1,214 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.53 | 1:18.66 | top 46.4% | 189 / 578 | |
| Skewb | 9.80 | 14.86 | top 53.7% | 194 / 401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.19 | 48.77 | top 57.6% | 196 / 411 | |
| 5×5 | 2:32.36 | 2:42.88 | top 66.9% | 122 / 225 | |
| Megaminx | 2:48.33 | 3:08.10 | top 69.5% | 132 / 243 | |
| Clock | 24.55 | 31.90 | top 75.9% | 130 / 187 | |
| 6×6 | 5:20.58 | 7:04.41 | top 85.2% | 85 / 128 |
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
- 28 Apr 2024Six personal bests in one day at Romanian 24h Championship 2024.
- 15 Jul 2023Five personal bests in one day at Bucharest Summer Cubes A 2023.
- 29 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Lodi Time Trial 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022Three personal bests in one day at U.R.A. Funky Cubes 2022.
- 1 Oct 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.43 at U.R.A. Back to School 2022.
- 1 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at U.R.A. Back to School 2022.
Competitions
- Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Sofia Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Cubing May B 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Romanian 24h Championship 2024 · 28 Apr 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Salonica Autumn Open 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Summer Cubes A 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Lodi Time Trial 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Funky Cubes 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Back to School 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Thessaloniki Open 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest Back to Cube 2022 · 14 May 2022
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 her.
- Mihnea Andrei Panţu — met in 106 rounds, never finished ahead
- Vincentiu Tarsoaga — met in 64 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mihail Stoicescu — met in 60 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.29 away.
Targets move as she improves.