People · Romania
Dimon Dragoș Matei
2×2 · top 8.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025MATE08
Dimon Dragoș Matei has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.47, set at Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 109th in Romania. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2025, he has put 216 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.40 in July 2025 to 14.00, a 24% improvement. Dimon has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 2.47 | 5.91 | top 8.6% | 109 / 1,214 | |
| Clock | 8.39 | 10.72 | top 17.0% | 30 / 187 | |
| 3×3 | 14.00 | 17.59 | top 21.0% | 266 / 1,574 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.16 | 8.56 | top 21.2% | 166 / 825 | |
| Skewb | 6.41 | 11.03 | top 29.0% | 97 / 401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.03 | 40.23 | top 46.7% | 159 / 411 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.67 | 1:23.79 | top 49.5% | 211 / 578 |
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 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rubisian Autumn Open Iasi 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.96 at Rubisian Speedcubing Iasi 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rubisian Speedcubing Iasi 2025.
- 21 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Romanian National Championship 2025.
- 12 Jul 2025First competition: Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025. A 18.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubisian Ice Break Iasi 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubisian Autumn Open Iasi 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Marginea Cubing 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubisian Speedcubing Iasi 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Romanian National Championship 2025 · 21 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025 · 12 Jul 2025
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.
- Alexandru Ignat — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Lungu Ciliac Horatiu Casian — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Radu Mihai Stan — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.