People · Moldova
Costea Livadari
3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016LIVA01
Costea Livadari has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.22, set at Rubisian Speedcubing Iasi 2025, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Moldova. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since January 2016, he has put 523 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.00 in January 2016 to 8.22, a 57% improvement. Costea has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 8.22 | 9.93 | top 3.2% | 4 / 143 | |
| 4×4 | 33.54 | 38.65 | top 5.4% | 1 / 52 | |
| 2×2 | 2.20 | 3.67 | top 6.2% | 3 / 103 | |
| 5×5 | 1:03.87 | 1:11.91 | top 7.7% | 2 / 21 | |
| Skewb | 3.79 | 7.41 | top 9.5% | 3 / 27 | |
| 6×6 | 2:01.44 | 2:11.84 | top 11.5% | 1 / 8 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.24 | 6.68 | top 14.7% | 4 / 58 | |
| 7×7 | 3:18.34 | 3:36.20 | top 15.8% | 1 / 5 | |
| Megaminx | 1:24.32 | 1:31.42 | top 24.5% | 4 / 13 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.87 | 26.52 | top 28.4% | 6 / 39 | |
| Clock | 21.92 | 25.15 | top 70.0% | 6 / 8 | |
| Square-1 | 44.46 | 53.83 | top 70.5% | 4 / 6 |
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
- 18 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at Rubisian Summer Cubing Iasi 2026.
- 14 Feb 2026Five personal bests in one day at Rubisian Winter Cubing Iasi 2026.
- 30 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rubisian Speedcubing Iasi 2025.
- 11 Jan 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.87 at Moldova Open 2020.
- 11 Jan 2020Four personal bests in one day at Moldova Open 2020.
- 8 Jan 2017Six personal bests in one day at Chișinău Winter 2017.
Competitions
- Marginea Cubing 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubisian Summer Cubing Iasi 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubisian Winter Cubing Iasi 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubisian Ice Break Iasi 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubisian Autumn Open Iasi 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Marginea Cubing 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubisian Speedcubing Iasi 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Moldova Open 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Chișinău Winter 2017 · 8 Jan 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Moldavian Nationals Summer 2016 · 20 Aug 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Moldavian Nationals - Winter 2016 · 23 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Lungu Ciliac Horatiu Casian — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 57 times · head to head
- Baziluc Mihnea Nectarie — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
- Lungu Alin Mihai — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 50 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.