People · Romania
Alexandru Florin Rotaru
2×2 · top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022ROTA03
Alexandru Florin Rotaru has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.99, set at Romanian National Championship 2025, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 65th in Romania. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2022, he has put 87 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.35 in November 2022 to 12.05, a 41% improvement. Alexandru has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.99 | 5.84 | top 4.7% | 65 / 1,214 | |
| 3×3 | 12.05 | 13.62 | top 14.1% | 181 / 1,574 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.23 | 1:28.20 | top 54.5% | 237 / 578 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.88 | 19.91 | top 77.3% | 635 / 825 |
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
- 21 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Romanian National Championship 2025.
- 19 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 16.88 at Brasov Funky Cubes 2023.
- 19 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.34 at Brasov Funky Cubes 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022First competition: U.R.A. Funky Cubes 2022. A 20.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Romanian National Championship 2025 · 21 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bucharest December Cubing 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bucharest November Cubing 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Brasov Funky Cubes 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- U.R.A. Funky Cubes 2022 · 5 Nov 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 his.
- Serban Stelian — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Mihail Stoicescu — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ianis Costin Chele — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.