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Christofor Gabriel Costea

2×2 · top 0.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022COST03

Christofor Gabriel Costea has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.77, set at Warm Up Portugalete 2024, puts him in the top 0.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Romania. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 82 competitions since April 2022, he has put 3,759 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.10 in April 2022 to 7.12, a 36% improvement. Christofor has entered 82 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.2% of 186,767 all-time
0.77
signature single · Warm Up Portugalete 2024
3,759
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
2×20.771.22
top 0.2%5 / 1,214
3×37.128.00
top 1.5%21 / 1,574
Pyraminx2.424.59
top 2.0%18 / 825
Skewb2.895.11
top 4.5%19 / 401
3×3 one-handed13.2417.13
top 4.8%16 / 411
3×3 Fewest Moves25 moves31.00
top 5.1%1 / 98
Square-19.4313.96
top 5.1%7 / 158
4×435.6138.95
top 7.3%27 / 578
Megaminx1:00.251:09.27
top 10.2%17 / 243
Clock7.9610.06
top 15.1%28 / 187
5×51:18.061:26.75
top 17.6%32 / 225
3×3 blindfolded1:41.133:04.47
top 27.0%16 / 76
6×62:41.242:52.35
top 31.5%31 / 128
7×74:24.754:54.98
top 39.4%32 / 95
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 20:13—
early days — 1 solve25 / 26

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

Dutch Spring 2022: 11.10Annuntia Sunday Open 2022: 9.58Bucharest Back to Cube 2022: 12.69Dutch Masters 2022: 10.57Luxembourg Open 2022: 11.34Hoorn Open 2022: 11.31Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 9.69U.R.A. Summer Cubes 2022: 11.38Dutch Autumn 2022: 10.03Westfries Open 2022: 9.76Belgian Nationals 2022: 9.56Gijzegem Open 2022: 9.21Dutch Nationals 2022: 8.94Hem MariCubik Winter Open B 2023: 9.49Alphen Cubing 2023: 8.57Vienna Fasching 2023: 8.72Kampen Open 2023: 9.01Brugge Open 2023: 8.49Wommelgem Open 2023: 7.89Ermelo Cubing A 2023: 7.72German Open 2023: 8.30Koersel Sunday Open 2023: 8.06Capelle Cubing 2023: 9.55Dutch Open 2023: 8.38Open de Lumes 2023: 7.73Bucharest Summer Cubes A 2023: 7.21Bucharest You Only Need One 2023: 7.44Big Blind Bucharest 2023: 8.49Brasov Funky Cubes 2023: 7.99On Alphen Track to Records 24h 2023: 9.72Amsterdam Open 2023: 8.65Dutch Autumn 2023: 9.34Romanian National Championship 2023: 7.85Annuntia Saturday Open 2023: 8.59Dutch Nationals 2023: 8.76Dutch Winter South 2024: 7.72Hayange Open 2024: 7.12Geel Beginners Saturday 2024: 7.92Arnhem Open A 2024: 8.56French Championship 2024: 8.85Lente Spring 2024: 8.55Bigger in Breda 2024: 7.28Capelle Cubing 2024: 8.59Warm Up Wommelgem 2024: 7.55Warm Up Portugalete 2024: 9.84Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 7.22Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 8.76Heerenveen Open 2024: 8.16Visé Open Saturday 2024: 8.65Dutch Open 2024: 9.56Back to Berlin 2024: 8.81Dutch Nationals 2024: 8.79Beveren Sunday Open 2024: 8.47Bucharest December Cubing 2024: 8.15Aachen Open 2025: 7.62Leersum Squared 2025: 8.11Bucharest Cubing March 2025: 7.15Start in Veenendaal 2025: 7.84French Championship 2025: 8.39Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025: 7.86Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025: 8.93Romanian National Championship 2025: 8.31Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 8.31Ploiesti Cubing 2025: 9.10Pakje Open in Lent 2025: 8.55Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025: 9.90Freezing Fryslân 2025: 10.90Amsterdam Open 2026: 8.76Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 10.53Romanian Nationals 2026: 9.727.1212.6917 Apr 202221 Aug 2026

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.