People · Moldova
Andrei Ciupac
3×3 one-handed · top 6.9% of 73,695 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016CIUP01
Andrei Ciupac has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 14.38, set at Bucharest Cubing June 2024, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Moldova. Until September 2008, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2016, he has put 316 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.25 in January 2016 to 10.13, a 71% improvement. Andrei has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Moldova | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.38 | 15.97 | top 6.9% | 1 / 39 | |
| 3×3 | 10.13 | 11.50 | top 7.8% | 7 / 143 | |
| 4×4 | 39.05 | 40.58 | top 11.0% | 4 / 52 | |
| 2×2 | 3.12 | 3.97 | top 15.6% | 12 / 103 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.75 | 1:43.51 | top 33.6% | 4 / 21 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.17 | 11.70 | top 37.6% | 16 / 58 | |
| 6×6 | 3:40.43 | 4:17.12 | early days — 3 solves | 3 / 8 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:04.46 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2 / 2 | |
| 7×7 | 6:12.05 | 6:25.64 | early days — 3 solves | 3 / 5 | |
| Skewb | 15.78 | 17.99 | top 80.7% | 23 / 27 | |
| Clock | 30.06 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7 / 8 |
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
- 4 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Marginea Cubing 2025.
- 22 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at Bucharest Cubing June 2024.
- 28 Oct 2023Five personal bests in one day at ASSIST Cubing in Suceava 2023.
- 8 Jan 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.74 at Chișinău Winter 2017.
- 20 Aug 2016First sub-30 3×3: 17.31 at Moldavian Nationals Summer 2016.
- 20 Aug 2016First sub-20 3×3: 17.31 at Moldavian Nationals Summer 2016.
Competitions
- Rubisian Ice Break Iasi 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Rubisian Autumn Open Iasi 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Marginea Cubing 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing June 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- ASSIST Cubing in Suceava 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Moldova Open 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Chișinău Winter 2017 · 8 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Moldavian Nationals Summer 2016 · 20 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Moldavian Nationals - Winter 2016 · 23 Jan 2016
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.
- Costea Livadari — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Radu Mihai Stan — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Vlad Ciobanu — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.38 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.