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David-Mihail Ion

3×3 · top 0.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022IOND01

David-Mihail Ion has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.18, set at Romanian Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 0.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in Romania. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since April 2022, he has put 1,132 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.83 in April 2022 to 6.18, a 48% improvement. He has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.6% of 284,439 all-time
6.18
signature single · Romanian Nationals 2026
1,132
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRomania
3×36.188.01
top 0.6%12 / 1,574
Pyraminx1.673.57
top 0.63%6 / 825
2×21.172.07
top 0.95%19 / 1,214
Clock3.514.17
top 1.5%5 / 187
Skewb2.233.97
top 2.0%7 / 401
3×3 one-handed11.7613.94
top 2.7%12 / 411
4×431.3233.84
top 3.7%12 / 578
Megaminx55.141:04.07
top 7.5%14 / 243
5×51:13.211:19.35
top 14.0%28 / 225
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves45.00
top 20.4%16 / 98
Square-123.1827.72
top 35.1%52 / 158
6×63:05.493:20.54
early days — 3 solves43 / 128
3×3 blindfolded3:33.71—
early days — 3 solves44 / 76

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

Stevenage Spring 2022: 11.83Bucharest Back to Cube 2022: 11.51Eberstädter Einsteiger-Event 2023: 9.31Iasi Cubing 2023: 7.52Romanian National Championship 2023: 9.51Bucharest Autumn Cubing B 2023: 8.78Bucharest Winter Cubing B 2023: 7.94Timisoara Cube Day 2024: 7.99Bucharest Cubing February B 2024: 8.90Bucharest Cubing March B 2024: 8.79Bucharest Cubing April A 2024: 8.25Romanian 24h Championship 2024: 8.67Bucharest Cubing March 2025: 8.21Bucharest Cubing April 2025: 8.97Bucharest Cubing May 2025: 7.57Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025: 8.96Romanian National Championship 2025: 8.10Bucharest Cubing September 2025: 7.52Rubisian Autumn Open Iasi 2025: 8.30Stevenage March 2026: 7.82Romanian Nationals 2026: 6.186.1811.8330 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 0.18 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.